The Fifth 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 |
July - September |
Organized at Philadelphia |
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 |
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 |
May 8 |
Ordered to Yorktown, Va. |
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 |
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 |
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 Campaign. Attached 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 |
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) |
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 |
Before 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 |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 31 |
Dinwiddie C. H. |
April 1 |
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 House. Surrender 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. |
