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
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
- Colonel George R. Latham[2]
See also
Notes
Footnotes
Citations
- ↑ "Union - West Virginia Cavalry". www.civilwararchive.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ Lang, Theodore F., Loyal West Virginia from 1861 to 1865, p. 207
References
- Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, Iowa: Dyer Pub. Co. OCLC 1028851810. Retrieved April 2, 2026.
- Lang, Joseph J. (1895). Loyal West Virginia from 1861 to 1865 : With an Introductory Chapter on the Status of Virginia for Thirty Years Prior to the War. Baltimore, MD: Deutsch Publishing Co. OCLC 779093.
- Snell, Mark A. (2011). West Virginia and the Civil War : Mountaineers are Always Free. Charleston, SC: History Press. ISBN 978-1-61423-390-9. OCLC 829025932.
- Union Army (1908). The Union Army, Vol. 2: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-65, Records of the Regiments in the Union Army, Cyclopedia of Battles, Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers; New York, Maryland, West Virginia and Ohio. Madison, Wisconsin: Federal Publishing Company.
External links
- 5th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry National Park Service entry
Further reading
- 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.
- Reader, Frank S. (1891). History of the Fifth West Virginia Cavalry. New Brighton, Pennsylvania: Daily News, Frank S. Reader, editor and Prop'r. OCLC 1336164695. Archived from the original on February 15, 2025. Retrieved July 14, 2024.