Battle of Fredericksburg • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments & Markers • Armies
The monument to the Fifth Corps, Army of the Potomac is in Fredericksburg National Cemetery, at Stop One on the Fredericksburg Battlefield Driving Tour. (see map below) The was erected in 1901 by Major General Daniel Butterfield, U.S.V., who commanded the Fifth Corps in the Battle of Fredericksburg.
Text from the tablet on the front of the monument:
To commemorate the valor
of
The Fifth Corps
Army of the Potomac
and in loving memory of
its heroic dead
this monument has been erected
by
Major General
Daniel Butterfield, U.S.V.
its commander on this field
December 13th 1862.
Text from the tablet on the east side of the monument:
Organized July 22, 1862
Disbanded June 1, 1865
Casualties 35708
“Brave Companions Tried and True”
——-
Commanders
Porter Hooker
Butterfield
Meade Sykes
Warren Griffin
Text from the west side of the monument:
Hanover Court House
Mechanicsville
Gaines Mill
New Market
Malvern Hill
Second Bull Run
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Wilderness
Spottsylvania
North Anna
Bethesda Church
Cold Harbor
Hatchers Run
Five Forks
Appomattox
Text from the tablet on the rear of the monument:
Regiments, Batteries and Organizations
officially serving with the Fifth Army Corps between
July 22nd, 1862, and June 1st, 1865.
United States Army
Infantry: 1st (Co. G), 2d, 9d, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 17th, 19th. Cavalry: 5th. • Artillery: 1st (Batt’s E, G), 2d (Batt. A), 3rd (Batt’s F. K), 4th (Batt. B), 5th (Batt’s D, G, I, K).
New York
Infantry: 5th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 17th, 25th, 44th, 76th, 83d, 84th, 91st, 94th, 95th, 97th, 104th, 140th, 146th, 147th, 185th, 187th, 188th, 189th, 1st Sharpshooters. • Artillery: 1st (Batt’s B, C, D, E, H, L), 15th Lt. Batt., 4th Heavy, 6th Heavy, 15th Heavy
Pennsylvania
Infantry: 11th, 39th, 56th, 13th, 83d, 88th, 90th, 91st, 107th, 114th, 118th, 121st, 123d, 126th, 129th, 131st, 133d, 134th, 142d, 143d, 149th, 150th, 155th, 187th, 190th, 191st, 198th, 210th, Penn Reserves 1st, 2d, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th. Cavalry: 3d, 4th, 16th 17th, 21st. • Artillery: 1st Light (Batt B).
Massachusetts
Infantry: 9th, 12th, 13th, 16th, 8th, 22d, 32d, 39th, 61st, 2d Co. Sharpshooters. • Cavalry: 1st. • Artillery: Light Batt’s C, E, I.
Maryland
Infantry: 1st, 4th, 7th, 8th, Parnell Legion.
Maine
Infantry: 2d, 16th, 20th, 1st Sharpshooters.
Michigan
Infantry: 1st, 4th, 16th, 24th, Brady Sharpshooters.
Delaware
Infantry: 3d, 4th, 8th.
Wisconsin
Infantry: 2d, 6th, 7th Independent Battalion.
Indiana
Infantry: 7th, 19th.
Rhode Island
Cavalry: 1st. • Artillery: 1st Light (Batt C).
Ohio
Artillery: 1st Light (Batt L).
Presented to the Fredericksburg and adjacent Battlefields Memorial Park Association. Corner-stone laid by Fredericksburg Lodge No. 3 A.F.& A.M. May 25th, 1900, in the presence of William McKinley, President of the United States, and the monument was dedicated by that lodge May 30th, 1901.
Location of the monument
The monument is in the NAtional Cemetery just west of the Visitor Center. It is just 50 feet from the east entrance to the cemetery at the Sunken Road, and about 280 feet from the Visitor Center.