Angie,

The US Army History Military Institute records the following in their Unit Bibliographies:

Title: 5th Kentucky Infantry Regiment
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5th Kentucky Infantry Regiment

Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 11: Kentucky. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1988. E484C65.1987v11.
See p. 203 (1 photocopied page) for an incomplete list of officers. The source contains numerous scattered references to Kentucky units throughout.

Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987. Ref.
See pp. 132-33 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.

Kentucky. AGO. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Confederate Kentucky Volunteers, War l86l-65. Vol. 1. Frankfort, KY: State Journal Co., 1918. pp. 192-286. E564.3K37v1.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Kentucky.... NY: Facts on File, 1995. pp. 37-39 (3 photocopied pages). E547S53. (Unit organizational history).

The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:

Bivens, Charles - CWTIColl
Daughetee, Isaac S. - CWMiscColl

Additionally, a Goggle search will lead to a number of sites with individual company rosters.

In "Bluegrass Confederate, the Headquarters Diary of Edward O. Guerrant," Edited by William C. Davis & Meredith L. Swentor, LSU Press, 1999, there are 7 fleeting page references. On page 302, July 5, 1863, he notes:

"Went by the camp of the 5th. Ky. Inf. on Wallen's Creek just below Stickleyville. A splendid regiment & capital officers."

Good Hunting,

George Martin