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.
• Smithville 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

  ---

Regiment lost during service