5th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Confederate)

5th Kentucky Infantry Regiment
ActiveOctober 21, 1861 – May 7, 1865
CountryConfederate States of America
BranchConfederate States Army
Infantry & Mounted Infantry
EngagementsBattle of Ivy Mountain
Battle of Middle Creek
Battle of Princeton
Battle of Chickamauga
Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Ringgold Gap
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Dallas
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Peachtree Creek
Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Jonesboro
Sherman's March to the Sea
5th Kentucky, C.S.A., Chickamauga marker, commemorating the regiment's advance on the right flank of the Union position on Snodgrass Hill

The 5th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. In 1863 it became part of the First Kentucky Brigade.