5th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment

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5th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment

Flag of West Virginia
Active January 26, 1864 to December 14, 1864
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Cavalry
Battles/wars Battle of Cloyd's Mountain

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

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[edit] Service

The 5th West Virginia Cavalry was organized from the 2nd West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment on January 26, 1864. The regiment was consolidated into a single battalion at Charlestown, West Virginia in September 1864 and was absorbed by the 6th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment on December 14, 1864.

[edit] Casualties

The 5th West Virginia Cavalry 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]

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