The Tennessee 5th Infantry Regiment was organized for State service May 20, 1861; mustered Confederate service August 9, 1861; reorganized May 6, 1862; consolidated with 4th Tennessee Infantry Regiment December, 1862; merged into 3rd Consolidated Tennessee Infantry Regiment April 9, 1865; paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina.The Tennessee 5th Infantry Regiment was recruited in Henry and Benton counties. The unit fought at New Madrid, Shiloh, and Perryville before being assigned to Strahl's, Stewart's, and Palmer's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. During December, 1862, it was reduced to five companies, and consolidated with the 4th Tennessee Volunteers. It participated in the various campaigns of the army from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, returned to Tennessee with Hood, and was active in North Carolina. This regiment lost 8 killed, 68 wounded, and 12 missing at Perryville, and the 4th/5th reported 76 casualties at Murfreesboro, 33 at Chickamauga, and 63 at Missionary Ridge. In December, 1863, the 5th totaled 167 men and 106 arms, but only a remnant surrendered on April 26, 1865.
Companies
Company A - Captain B.B. Bunch Jr., William H. Wilson. Men from Henry County.
Company B - Captain John H. Long, Henry F. Bowman. Men from Henry County.
Company C - Captain Thomas H. Conway - Men from Henry County.
Company D - Captain A. Wayne Caldwell - Men from Henry County.
Company E - Captain H. Corbett - Men from Benton County.
Company F - Captain Josiah H. Porter, H.T. Blanton, Jr. - Men from Henry County.
Company G - Captain James E. Fowler - Men from Henry County.
Company H - Captain J.D. Dumas - Men from Henry County.
Company I - Captain W.D. Hallum, Eliah Foust - Men from Henry County.
Company K - Captain H. W. Ballard, Joseph T. Kendall - Men from Henry County.
Company L - Captain John A. Lauderdale, J.B. Ward - Men from Fulton County, Kentucky.
Company M - Captain J.T. Winfrey, M.M. Fry - Men from Benton County.
