| 词条 | 5th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment |
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|unit_name= 5th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment |image=Flag of West Virginia.svg |image_size=100px |caption=Flag of West Virginia |dates= January 26, 1864, to December 14, 1864 |country= United States |allegiance= Union |branch= Cavalry |equipment= |battles= 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. ServiceThe 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 Charles Town, West Virginia, in September 1864 and was absorbed by the 6th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment on December 14, 1864. CasualtiesThe 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] ColonelsAbais Allen Tomlinson[2] See also
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1. ^http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwvcav.htm#5thcav {{AmericanCivilWar-unit-stub}}2. ^Battle of Cloyd's Mountain 4 : West Virginia Civil War regiments|1864 establishments in West Virginia|Military units and formations established in 1864|Military units and formations disestablished in 1864 |
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