United States Regiments & Batteries > Massachusetts
The 5th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment (Colored) lost 7 enlisted men killed and 116 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1864
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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 | First Assault on 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
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March | Attached to 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 |