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5th West Virginia Cavalry
Although a West Virginia Cavalry, the following regiments consisted of Pennsylvania men.




Organization, Service & Battles

  • Organized from 2nd Regiment West Virginia Mounted Infantry January 26, 1864.
  • Attached to Martinsburg, W. Va., to March, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, West Virginia, to April, 1864.
  • 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, West Virginia, to June, 1864.
  • 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia, to July, 1865.
  • Kelly’s Command, Reserve Division, West Virginia, to December, 1864.
    Service & Battles - 1864
  • Duty at Martinsburg, W. Va., till March 19, 1864.
  • Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties January 27-February 7.
  • Springfield February 2.
  • Moved to Cumberland, Md., and duty there and at Patterson’s Creek till April 27.
  • Moved to Charleston April 27-30.
  • Crook’s Expedition to Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 2-19.
  • Cloyd’s Mountain or Farm May 9.
  • New River Bridge May 10.
  • Hunter’s Expedition to Lynchburg May 26-July 1.
  • Lexington June 11.
  • Near Buchanan June 13.
  • New London June 16.
  • Diamond Hill June 17.
  • Lynchburg June 17-18.
  • Liberty June 19.
  • Buford’s Gap June 20.
  • Catawba Mountains and about Salem June 21.
  • At Camp Piatt, Charleston and New Creek guarding railroad in district west of Sleepy Hollow till December.
  • Consolidated to a Battalion at Charleston September.
  • Expedition from New Creek to Moorefield November 6-8 (Detachment).
  • New Creek November 28.
  • Transferred to 6th West Virginia Cavalry, December 14, 1864.
    Regimental Losses
  • Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 68 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 118 Enlisted men by disease. Total 189.