5th REGIMENT CAVALRY.
Dyer's Regimental History

from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, vol. III, Regimental Histories
by Frederick H. Dyer [1908]

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5th REGIMENT CAVALRY.

• Organized at Camp Butler, Ills., August 31 to December 30, 1861.
• Moved to Benton Barracks, Mo., February 20, 1862.
• Thence to Pilot Knob, Mo., March 3.
• Moved to Doniphan March 27-April 1 and
• to Pocahontas April 17.

• Attached to Steele's Division, Army of Southeast Missouri, to May, 1862.
• Army of Southwest Missouri to July, 1862.
• District of Eastern Arkansas, Department of Missouri. to December, 1862.
• 1st Brigade 3rd (Cavalry) Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, to January, 1863.
• 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, 13th Army Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to April, 1863.
• 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, to June, 1863.
• Cavalry Herron's Division 13th Army Corps to August, 1863.
• Winslow's Cavalry Brigade, 16th Army Corps to December, 1863.
• Winslow's Cavalry Brigade, 17th Army Corps and District of Vicksburg, Miss., to January, 1865.
• 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, District of West Tennessee to June 1865.
• Departments of the Gulf and Texas to October 1865.

SERVICE.-

• Action at Putnam's Ferry, Mo., April 1, 1862.
• Doniphan April 4.
• Pocahontas April 21.
• Scouting and skirmishing in Arkansas and Missouri till June.
• Smlthville June 17 (Cos. "D," "F" and "L").
• March to Helena, Ark., June 26-July 14.
  • Hill's Plantation, Cache River, July 7.
• At Helena, Ark., till May, 1863.
  • Expedition from Helena to Clarendon August 4-17, 1862.
  • Clarendon August 15.
  • Expedition from Helena to Jeffersonville and Marlana September 2-6.
  • Expedition from Clarendon to Lawrenceville and St. Charles September 11-13.
  • Near Helena October 22.
  • Expedition from Helena to Arkansas Post November 16-21.
  • Expedition from Helena to Grenada, Miss., November 27-December 5.
• Moved to Snyder's Bluff, Miss., May 31-June 1, 1863.
• Expedition to Satartia June 2-8 (Detachment).
  • Satartia June 4 (Detachment).
• Raid to Brookhaven June 23-26 (Detachment).
• Expedition from Snyder's Bluff to Greenville June 25-July 1 (three companies).
  • Rocky Creek, near Ellisville, June 26 (three Companies).
  • Gaines' Landing, Ark., June 28.
• Advance on Jackson Miss., July 6-10.
  • Near Clinton July 8.
• Siege of Jackson July 10-17.
  • Near Canton July 12.
  • Holton's Depot July 16.
  • Grant's Ferry, Pearl River, July 16.
  • Briar Creek near Canton, July 17.
• Canton July 18.
• Bolton's Depot July 24.
• Raid from Big Black River, on Mississippi Central R. R., and to Memphis, Tenn., August 10-22.
  • Payne's Plantation, near Grenada, August 18.
  • Panola August 20.
  • Coldwater August 21.
• Moved from Memphis to Vicksburg, Miss., August 23-27, and
• duty in that District till January, 1865.
  • Expedition from Big Black River to Yazoo City September 27-October 1, 1863 (Detachment).
    • Brownsville September 28 (Detachment).
    • Morris Ford, near Benton, September 29 (Detachment).
  • Expedition to Canton October 14-20.
    • Brownsville October 15.
    • Canton Road, near Brownsville, October 15-16.
    • Near Clinton and Vernon Cross Roads October 16.
    • Bogue Chitto Creek October 17.
    • Robinson's Mills, near Livingston, October 17.
    • Livingston Road, near Clinton, October 18.
  • Oak Ridge January 16, 1864.
• Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2.
  • Champion's Hill February 4,
  • Jackson February 6.
  • Brandon February 7.
  • Morton February 8.
  • About Meridian February 9 to 13.
  • Hillsboro February 10.
  • Meridian February 13-14.
  • Marion Station February 16.
• Clinton April 3.
• Expedition from Vicksburg to Yazoo City May 4-21 (Detachment).
  • Benton May 7-9.
• Yazoo River May 29.
• Expedition from Vicksburg to Pearl River July 2-10.
  • Jackson July 7.
• Expedition from Vicksburg to Deer Creek September 21-26.
• Expedition to Rodney and Fayette September 29-October 3 (Detachment).
  • Port Gibson September 30.
• Expedition from Natchez to Woodville October 4-11 (Detachment).
  • Woodville October 5-6 (Detachment).
• Operations In Issaqueena and Washington Counties October 24-31.
• Expedition from Vicksburg to Gaines' Landing, Ark., and Bayou Macon, La., November 6-8.
• Expedition from Vicksburg to Yazoo City November 23-December 4.
• Franklin Creek, Miss, December 21-22.
• Moved to Memphis, Tenn., January 24, 1865.
• Expedition through Southern Arkansas and Northern Louisiana January 26-February 13.
• At Memphis Tenn., till June.
• Expedition into Northern Mississippi March 3-11.
• Moved to Alexandria, La., via Red River, July 1,
• thence march to Hempstead, Texas, August 12, arriving August 26, and
• duty there till October.
• Moved to Springfield, Ills., October 6-17.
• Mustered out October 27, 1865.

Regiment lost during service

• 28 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and
• 6 Officers and 414 Enlisted men by disease.
• Total 447.

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