The Civil War in the East

5th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment (Colored)

 

The 5th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment (Colored) lost 7 enlisted men killed and 116 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War

 

1864

 

Organized at Camp Meigs, Readville.

May 5-8,

1st Battalion moved to Washington, D.C; .2nd Battalion moved to Washington

May 8-12

1st Battalion at Camp Stoneman, Giesboro Point, Md.

May 9

2nd Battalion to Camp Casey

May 8-10

3rd Battalion moved to Washington

May 11

3rd Battalion to Camp Casey

May 12

Dismounted and moved to Camp Casey, near Fort Albany

May 13-16

Regiment moved to Fortress Monroe, Va,, then to City Point, Va. as Infantry; Attached to Rand's Provisional Brigade, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina

May

Attached to Hinks' Colored Division, 18th Army Corps

June

Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Army Corps

June 16-19

Before Petersburg

June 16-28

Siege of Petersburg

June 30

Moved to Point Lookout, Md. and duty there guarding prisoners

July

Point Lookout, Md., District of St. Mary's, 22nd Army Corps

1865

March

Unattached, 25th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia. Ordered to the field and duty near Richmond and Petersburg

April

Near City Point

May

At Camp Lincoln

June 16

Ordered to Dept. of Texas and duty at Clarksville

October 31

Mustered out