United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania
“Cameron Dragoons”
The 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment lost 1 officer and 76 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 6 officers and 210 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1861
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July – September | Organized at Philadelphia under Colonel Max Friedman |
August 22 | Moved to Washington, D.C. |
September | Duty in the Dept. of Washington, D.C. attached to Smith’s Division, Army Potomac |
December 18 | Reconnaissance to Pohick Church,Va. (Companies C, F & H) |
1862
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February 6 | Fairfax C. H. |
February 7 | Flint Hill and Hunter’s Mill |
February 22 | Expedition to Vienna and Flint Hill |
March | Duty near Alexandria attached to 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
March 9 | Colonel Friedman resigned. |
March 12 | Colonel David Campbell of the 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry transferred over to take command of the regiment. |
May 8 |
Ordered to Yorktown, Virginia |
May 10 | Scouting about Gloucester Point (Companies A, B, E & L) |
May 12 | Scouting about Williamsburg |
May 23-24 | Skirmishes at Mechanicsville |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond (Companies I & K) |
June 29 |
Savage Station |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp Bridge |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July 7-9 | Reconnaissance from Yorktown to Gloucester, Matthews and King and Queen Counties (Companies B, E, L & M) |
July-September 8 |
Duty at Yorktown and Williamsburg |
September 9 | Williamsburg and Fort Magruder |
October 13 | Colonel Campbell resigned. Colonel Robert M. West took command of the regiment. |
December 11-15 | Reconnaissance from Yorktown to Gloucester, Matthews, King and Queen and Middlesex Counties |
December 17 | Reconnaissance to Burnt Ordinary |
December | Assigned to West’s Advance Brigade, 4th Corps, Dept. Virginia |
1863
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January 7-9 | Expedition to West Point and White House (Detachment) |
January 19 | Burnt Ordinary |
February 5 | Near Olive Creek Church (Companies L & M) |
February 7 | Williamsburg and Olive Branch Church |
March 23 and 29 |
Williamsburg |
April 11 | Whittaker’s Mills |
June 5-13 | Reconnaissance through Gates County and down Chowan River |
June 14 | Nine Mile Ordinary |
June 20 | Diascund Bridge |
June 24-July 8 |
Dix’s Peninsula CampaignAttached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
June 28 | Barnesville |
June 29 | Baltimore Cross Roads |
July 1-7 |
Expedition from White House to Bottom’s Bridge.Attached to Wistar’s Brigade, Yorktown, Va., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
July 1 | Baltimore Cross Roads |
July 2 | Bottom’s Bridge |
August | Attached to U.S. Forces, Portsmouth, Va., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
August 26-29 | Expedition to Bottom’s Bridge |
August 28 | New Kent C. H. |
August 29 | Bottom’s Bridge |
September 8 | Ordered to Norfolk, Va. and duty about Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va. |
September 13 | Companies C, D, F, H & I at South Mills, N. C.Companies A, B, E, G, K, L & M at Great Bridge. |
September 15-20 | Expedition to Indiantown, N. C. (Company D) |
September 15 | Near Kempsville. Companies F and H at Drummond Lake. |
September 20 | Indiantown |
September 22 | Companies C, F, H and I advance to Raleigh |
September 23 | Companies A, B, L and M to Currituck C. H. |
September 30 | Affair on Back Bay (Detachment) |
October 13 | Scout from Great Bridge to Indiantown, N. C. (Detachment) |
October 16-17 | Bingo Landing (Detachment) |
October 17 | Camden C. H. |
October 20 | Regiment assembled at Great Bridge |
December 5-24 | Expedition from Norfolk to South Mills, Camden, etc., N. C. Attached to District Currituck, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
1864
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January | Duty at Yorktown and in District of the Currituck assigned to Heckman’s Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
February 4 | Bottom’s Bridge |
February 6-8 | Wistar’s Expedition toward Richmond |
February 29-March 1 | Ballahock on Bear Quarter Road and Deep Creek |
March 1 | Ballahock Station near Dismal Swamp Canal |
March 2 | Deep Creek |
April | Attached to 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, Army of the James |
April 13-15 | Reconnaissance from Portsmouth to the Blackwater (Detachment) |
April 29 | Robert M. West was promoted to colonel |
May 5-11 | Kautz’s Raid on Petersburg & Weldon Railroad. Assigned to 1st Brigade, Kautz’s Cavalry Division, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
May 5 | Birch Island Bridges |
May 7 | Stony Creek Station and Jarrett’s Station |
May 8 | White’s Bridge, Nottaway Creek, May 8. Nottaway Railroad Bridge |
May 8-9 | Jarrett’s Station |
May 12-17 | Kautz’s Raid on Richmond & Danville Railroad |
May 13 | Coalfield Station |
May 14 | Powhatan Station |
May 16 | Belcher’s Mills |
June 9 | Petersburg |
June 15-18 |
First Assault on Petersburg |
June |
Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond |
June 20 |
Roanoke Station |
June 22-July 2 |
Wilson’s Raid on South Side & Danville Railroad |
June 25 |
Staunton River Bridge or Roanoke Station |
June 28-29 |
Sappony Church, Stony Creek |
June 29 |
Ream’s Station |
July 27-29 | Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom |
July 30 |
Malvern Hill |
September 29-30 |
Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights |
October 7-13 | Darbytown Road |
October 26 |
Charles City Cross Roads |
October 27-28 |
Battle of Fair Oaks |
December 10 | Darbytown Road |
1865
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March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 31 |
Dinwiddie C. H. |
April 1 |
Battle of Five Forks |
April 2 | Gravelly Ford on Hatcher’s Run |
April 4-5 | Near Amelia C. H. |
April 6 |
Burkesville and Sailor’s Creek |
April 7 | Prince Edward’s C. H. |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
April | Duty at Richmond, Va., and in District of Henrico, Dept. of Virginia assigned to Cavalry Brigade, Dept. of Virginia |
July | Assigned to Richmond, Va., District Henrico, Dept. Virginia |
August 7 | Mustered out |
August 16 | Discharged at Philadelphia, Pa. |