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5th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment

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The 5th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry (or 5th Regiment, Massachusetts Cavalry (Colored)) was a cavalry regiment from Massachusetts, that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Service

The regiment was organized from January 9-May 5, 1864, at Camp Meigs, Readville, near Boston. From May 12, 1864, it served dismounted and equipped as infantry until the end of war.

Detailed service

The regiment fought at Baylor's Farm during the Second Battle of Petersburg and the Siege of Petersburg on June 14, 1864. At the end of June 1864, it was ordered to Point Lookout, Maryland, to guard a Confederate prison. They mustered out on October 31, 1865.

Casualties

The regiment lost 123 enlisted men; 7 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, and 116 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

Notable soldiers and officers

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