5th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment

The 5th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

5th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment
Flag of West Virginia
ActiveJanuary 26, 1864, to December 14, 1864
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchUnion Army
TypeCavalry
EngagementsAmerican Civil War

Service

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

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

See also

References

  1. "Union - West Virginia Cavalry". www.civilwararchive.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  2. Lang, Theodore F., Loyal West Virginia from 1861 to 1865, p. 207


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