5th South Carolina Cavalry
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- January 18, 1863 - Organized by consolidation of the:
- 14th South Carolina Cavalry Battalion
- 17th South Carolina Cavalry Battalion
- 2 independent companies
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
- July 30, 1863 - near Grimball's Landing, James Island
- May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
- May 8-21, 1864 -
Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
- May 23-26, 1864 - North Anna River
- May 28, 1864 - Haw's Shop
- June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- October 1, 1864 - Vaughan Road
- October 27, 1864 - Burgess' Mill
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
- April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 3rd Military District of South Carolina (January-March 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina (May-July 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 4th Military District of South Carolina [Company F] (June-August 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 4th Military District of South Carolina [Company I] (June-October 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / 1st Sub-Diviison [three companies] (July-October 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / 2nd Sub-Diviison [Company E] (July-October 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / 5th Sub-Diviison [Companies D and H] (July-October 1863)
- Department of North Carolina / District of the Cape Fear [two companies] (July-September 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina [Company E] (October-November 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 3rd Military District of South Carolina [Company D] (October-November 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 5th Military District of South Carolina [Companies H and K] (October-November 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 7th Military District of South Carolina / Eastern Division / Cavalry [four companies] (October 1863-January 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 2nd Military District of South Carolina [Company D] (December 1863-March 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 5th Military District of South Carolina [Company H] (December 1863-March 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 6th Military District of South Carolina [Companies E and I] (January-March 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 7th Military District of South Carolina [four companies] (January-April 1864)
- Department of North Carolina / District of the Cape Fear [two companies] (April 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / Cavalry Corps / Butler's Division / Butler's/Dunovant's Brigade (May 1864-January 1865)
- Hampton's Cavalry Command / Butler's Division / Butler's Brigade (January-April 1865)
- Army of Tennessee / Hampton's Cavalry Command / Butler's Division / Logan's Brigade (April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Samuel W. Ferguson (Colonel)
- Zimmerman Davis (Colonel)
- John Dunovant (Colonel)
- John C. Edwards (Colonel)
- Robert J. Jeffords (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Joseph H. Morgan (Major)
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Brooks, U.R., Butler and His Cavalry in the War of Secession.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 43-45, 47)