5th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment
| 5th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment | |
|---|---|
 Flag of West Virginia | |
| Active | January 26, 1864, to December 14, 1864 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Union Army |
| Type | Cavalry |
| Engagements | American Civil War |
The 5th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
[edit]The 5th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment was organized from the 2nd West Virginia Infantry Regiment on January 26, 1864. The regiment was consolidated into a single battalion at Charles Town, West Virginia, in September 1864 and was absorbed by the 6th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment on December 14, 1864.
Casualties
[edit]The 5th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment suffered 3 officers and 68 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded in battle and 118 enlisted men dead from disease for a total of 189 fatalities.[1]
Commanding officers
[edit]- Colonel George R. Latham[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Union - West Virginia Cavalry". www.civilwararchive.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ^ Lang, Theodore F., Loyal West Virginia from 1861 to 1865, p. 207
External links
[edit]- 5th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry National Park Service entry
Further reading
[edit]- Holliday, George H. (1883). On the Plains in '65: Twelve Months in the Volunteer Cavalry Service, among the Indians of Nebraska, Colorado, Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. Publisher not identified. https://www.loc.gov/item/11021726
- Holliday, George H. ed. Glenn V. Longacre. (2021). On the Plains in '65: The 6th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry in the West. Athens: Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780821424285.
- Lang, Theodore, F. (1895). Loyal West Virginia from 1861 to 1865. Baltimore, Maryland: Deutsch Publishing. OCLC 779093.
- Reader, Frank S. (1890). History of the Fifth West Virginia Cavalry, formerly the Second Virginia Infantry, and of Battery G, First West Va. Light Artillery. New Brighton, Pennsylvania: Daily News. https://www.loc.gov/item/02016032/
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