5th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
- 5th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 5th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
caption=Michigan state flag
dates= August 30, 1862 to June 23, 1866
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Cavalry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Winchester
Battle of Cedar Mountain
Battle of Second Bull Run
Battle of Gettysburg
Kilpatrick's Raid on Richmond
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Yellow Tavern
Battle of Cedar Creek
Battle of Five Forks
Appomattox
The 5th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry was an cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the famed Michigan Brigade, commanded for a time by Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer.
ervice
The 5th Michigan Cavalry was organized at Detroit, Michigan on August 30, 1862. Among the initial officers was Lt. Col. William d'Alton Mann, a future prominent Michigan newspaper and magazine publisher. Future prominent state politician Jonas H. McGowan served in the 5th until November 1862 when he accepted a captaincy in the 9th Michigan Cavalry.
The regiment was mustered out of service on June 23, 1865. Veterans and recruits were transferred to the 1st Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 6 officers and 135 enlistedmen killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 322 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 466 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmicav.htm#5th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. Retrieved June 19, 2007.]
Commanders
*Colonel
ee also
*List of Michigan Civil War Units
*Michigan in the American Civil War
Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionmi.htm The Civil War Archive]
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