(from archived RCHC Web Site)

Compiled by Robert L. Bailey from Microfilm Copy No. 395, Rolls No. 154-155. 

Click here to view the main page for Bailey‘s 5th Tennessee Infantry listing at this Web site.

Officers were:
Colonel – James T. Shelley
Lieutenant Colonels – Freemorton Young, Charles C. McCaleb, Nathaniel Witt
Majors – Charles C. McCaleb, Joseph D. Turner, David G. Bowers.
Captains – Company “B” – Freemorton Young, Daniel T. Peterman, R. Clay Crawford, James R. Thompson.

Enrolled at Barboursville, [Kentucky] February 25; mustered in March 6, 1862; mustered out March 30, 1865.

BARNARD, George W. (age 35)
BARNAWELL (BARNWELL), Isaac J. (age 30)
BARAWELL, (BARNWELL), Weatherson G. (also as Wm. G.) (age 26) – Born Anson Co., N.C.
BELL, Doctor S. (age 33)
BLAIR, Samuel T. (age 29)
BRANAM, William T. (age 18)
BRASHEARS, Lorenzo D. (age 47)
BRASHEARS, Josiah (age 55)
BRASHEARS, Joseph (age 56) – Born in Roane Co., TN. Same as Josiah?
BURNS, Henry W. (age 22)
BURNETT, Thomas (supposed to have died about 20 Dec 1864 at Camp Blacksheart near Thomasville, Ga.)
BUTLER, William J. (age 25) – Born in Anderson Co., TN.
CAGLEY, Isaac (age 33?) – Born in Anderson Co., TN.
COOK, John A. (age 19) – Born in Roane Co., TN
COX, Rufus (age 29)
CRAWFORD, R. Clay (age __)
CROWDER, James M. (age 18) – Born Roane Co., TN.
DELOZIER, George H. (age 29)
DOREMUS, Peter J. (age 38)
DUPEE, James (age 25)
DURRITT, Benjamin F. (age 24) – Born in Roane Co., TN.
EDWARDS, Carrick (age 25) – Died 4 May 1864 at Andersonville, GA.
EDWARDS, Ivy (age 41) – Died 2 Apr 1864 at Andersonville, GA
FRITTS, John C. (age 25)
FRITTS, Wiley H. (age 21) – Born in Roane Co., TN.
FRITTS, William N. (age 20) – Died 9 Jul 1864 at Chattanooga, TN. Born in Roane Co., TN.
FRY, Alfred M. (age 23)
GILLUM (GILLAM), John W. – Died 22 Aug 1862 at Cumberland Gap.
GOOD, Edward (age 44)
HACKER, Joel (age 45) – Died 22 Apr 1865 in Nashville Hospital.
HACKER, Joseph (age 19) – Born in Blount Co., TN.
HARVEY, George W. (age 20) – Died 4 Feb 1863 at Nashville, TN.
HENDRICKSON, Levi R. (age 19) – Born in Roane Co., TN.
HENDRICKSON, Samuel J. (age 25)
HENDRICKSON, Willis H. (age 18) – Died 20 Jan 1865 at Louisville, Ky.
HENDRIXSON, Benj. L. (age 27)
HESTER, Basil (age 27 or 29) – Died 14 Apr 1865 at U.S. Gen. Hospital, Nashville, TN. Married.
HINES, Samuel (age 37)
HUDSON, Alexander (age 35) – Born in Anderson Co., TN. Died 5 Apr 1865 at Cumberland Hospital, Nashville, TN. Wife was Charlotte HUDSON, Clinton, Anderson Co., TN.
ISHAM, George W. (age 36)
ISHAM, Jordon or Jourdan (age 18) – Died 26 Jan 1863 at Bowling Green, KY.
ISHAM, Lewis J. (age 18 or 20) – Died 5 Apr 1865 at Cumberland Genl. Hosp., Nashville, TN. Nearest Relative: Mrs. Elizabeth ISHAM, Kingston, TN.
ISHAM, William D. (age 32) – Died 30 Aug 1862 at Cumberland Gap.
ISHAM, William F. (age 19) – Born in Roane Co., TN.
JAMES, Francis (age 19)
JAMES, James W. (age 18) – Died 4 or 6 March 1865 at Wilmingston, N.C. Born in Roane Co., TN.
LANE, John J. – Also served in Company F. [Click here to view transcribed letter from John J. Lane to Major General Rosecrans, February, 1865.]
LEWIS, Harvey H. (age 35) – Born in Wilkes Co., N.C. Also served in Company K.
LILES, John (age 18)
LOCKET, James M. – Died 5 Oct 1863 at Chattanooga, TN
LOVE, Joseph N. (age 33)
LOWERY, William T. (age 23)
MARTIN, Robert N. (age 30) – Born in Roane Co., TN.
MARTIN, William P. (age 18)
MAY, Joseph A. (age 23)
McCAIN [McKANE], Anderson L. (age 23) – Born Roane Co., TN (another record lists birth as Bledsoe County, TN). Resided, Loudon. In a letter from Anderson L. McKANE he stated that his wife died 23 Apr 1865 leaving 2 small children. He also served in Company I.
McCALL, Samuel (age 29)
McCARROL, Columbus C. (age 21) – Born in Roane Co., TN. Also served in Company I.
McGILL, John W. (age 18) – Born in Roane Co., TN. Also served in Company I.
MERCER, Thomas F. (age 37)
MINCEY, David (age 47)
MINCEY, Robert (age 24) – Also served in Company I.
MOORE, Samuel J. (age 28)
MULLINS, John B. (age 24)
NIPPER, Thomas (age 32)
O’DANIEL, James C. (age 27)
PATTY, Josiah W. (Chaplain)
PETERS, Tobias (age 44)
PETERMAN, Daniel T. or Dan T. (age 24)
PETERSON, James H. (age 30)
PETERSON, Robert L. (age 22). Died 14 May 1864 at Chattanooga, TN, of wounds received in battle at Resaca, GA. Born in White Co., TN.
PETERSON, William C. (age 30)
PETTY, Jackson (age 24). Born in Anderson Co., TN. Also served in Company I.
PFOUSE, August
PHILIPS, John (age 37)
POLEON, James (age 18)
RAINES, James (age 18)
RAINS, William B. (age 38)
REATHERFORD (RETHERFORD), Alexander R. (age 46). Died 28 Mar 1865. Buried in Nashville Cemetery. He was born in “Lea” Co., VA. Wife was Nannie J.
REATHERFORD (RETHERFORD), Phillip F. (age 32). Born in Monroe Co., TN.
REATHERFORD (RETHERFORD), William (age 18)
REEDER, George (age 25). Died 19 Apr 1862 at Barboursville, KY.
RENFROW, John (age 33). Born in Belmont (sic) Co., TN.
ROBERTS, Basel (age 23)
ROBERTS, Benjamin F. (age 30)
ROBERTS, Thomas L. (age 28). Born in Roane Co., TN. Also served in Companies F & S.
ROBINSON, William (age 28). Born in Russell Co., VA. Died 26 Apr 1863 at Nashville, TN. Married – wife’s name was Celia.
ROBISON, Samuel P. (age 33). Born in Russell Co., VA.
ROSE, McKinsie (McKinzie) (age 37)
RUOFF, Charles A. (age 22). Born in Munich, Germany. Also served in Company F & S.
SCARBOROUGH, James B. (age 32). Born in Fairfield, S.C.
SCHRONAGLE, Francis (age 29)
SCRIMCIER (SCHRIMSHER), James E. (age 20)
SHACKLEFORD (SHACKELFORD), William T. (age 24). Died 18 May 1862 at Camp Pine Knot, TN.
SHACKLEFORD (SHACKELFORD), Zachariah. Died 19 May 1862 at Williamsburg, KY.
SHIELDS, Benjamin F. or T. (age 35). Born in Roane Co., TN.
SHOEBURT, Joseph (age 30). Died 23 Mar 1864 at Concord, TN. Born in Jefferson Co., TN.
SHORT, Edom B. (age 28). Married. Nearest Relative – Mrs. Susan SHORT, Kingston.
STOUT, Isaac (age 25)
STOUT, James (age 19). Born in Roane Co., TN.
TAYLOR, James (age 18) – born in Blount Co., TN – Single. <br>
TAYLOR, Thomas (age 46) – Born in Blount Co., TN – Married.&nbsp; Also served in “I.” <br>
THOMPSON, James R. (age 37) [Click here to view James R. Thompson’s letter to Elisabeth Thompson, March 5, 1863]