5th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment

Historical Notes:
The 5th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry was organized at Detroit, Michigan and mustered in August 30, 1862. The Regiment mustered out June 23, 1865 and Veterans and Recruits were transferred to the 1st Michigan Cavalry. Officers:
Cols., Joseph T. Copeland, Freeman Norvell, Russell A. Alger, Smith H. Hastings; Lieut. -Cols., William D. Mann, Ebenezer Gould, Edward M. Lee; Majs., Freeman Norvell, Ebenezer Gould, Luther S. Trowbridge, Myron Hickey, Crawley P. Dake, John E. Clark, Stephen P. Purdy, Robert C. Wallace. Assignments:
Regiment organized at Detroit, Mich., and mustered in August 30, 1862.
Left State for Washington, D.C. December 4, 1862.
Attached to Provisional Cavalry Brigade, Military District of Washington to February, 1863.
Provisional Cavalry Brigade, Casey's Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington to March, 1863.
1st Brigade, Stahel's Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps to June, 1863.
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac to March, 1864.
1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac and Middle Military Division to June, 1865.
Mustered out June 23, 1865.
Service:
  • 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
  • Rosters:
    The roster of this unit contains the names of 2733 men.

    Field Staff and Band
    Company A - Wayne County
    Company B - Kent and Ottawa Counties
    Company C - Wayne County
    Company D - Wayne County
    Company E - MaComb and St. Clair Counties
    Company F - Muskegon County
    Company G - Clinton County
    Company H - Wayne County
    Company I - Allegan County
    Company K - Genessee and Washtenaw Counties
    Company L - Kalamazoo and Allegan Counties
    Company M - Branch County
    Company Unassigned - Wayne and Jackson Counties
    Bibliography for Research:
    Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Davenport, IA. Eastern Digital Resources.

    U. S. Government Printing Office. Official Records of the American Civil War Davenport, IA. Eastern Digital Resources.

    Clark, James S. 'General Lyon and the Fight for Missouri.' In War Sketches and Incidents (MOLLUS, IA, Vol. 2). Des Moines, IA: Kenyon, 1897. pp. 274-92 (10 photocopied pages). E464M5.1991v56.

    Michigan. Legislature. Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865. 46 vols. Kalamazoo: Everard, 1903. Minnesota.

    Minnesota Adjutant General's Report of 1866. Roseville: Park Genealogical Books, 1997. Ingersoll, Lurton D. Iowa and the Rebellion.... Phila: Lippincott, 1867. E507I47. Brief Regimental Histories

    Iowa. AGO. Roster and Records of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion Together With Historical Sketches of Volunteer Organizations, 1861-1865. Vol. 1. Des Moines, IA: E.H. English, 1908. UA43I82v1.

    Ritner, Jacob B. Love and Valor: The Intimate Civil War Letters Between Captain Jacob and Emeline Ritner. [Ed by Charles F. Larimer] Western Springs, IL: Signourney, 2000. 453 p. E507.5.1st.L68.

    Stuart, Addison. Iowa Colonels and Regiments.... Des Moines, IA: Mills, 1865. E507S92.

    Wilkie, Franc B. Pen and Powder. Boston: Ticknor, 1888. 383 p. E601W69.



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