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5th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/5th_Massachusetts_Cavalry_Regiment
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:Union_Army
African American regiment
gptkbp:activePeriod
1864–1865
gptkbp:allegiance
Union
gptkbp:awards
nan
gptkbp:branch
gptkb:Cavalry
gptkbp:casualties
123
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateMusteredOut
October 31, 1865
gptkbp:disbanded
October 31, 1865
gptkbp:engagedIn
gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:formationYear
January 9, 1864
gptkbp:garrison
gptkb:Richmond,_Virginia
gptkb:Petersburg,_Virginia
Clarksville, Texas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
5th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment
gptkbp:notableBattle
gptkb:Appomattox_Campaign
gptkb:Wilson-Kautz_Raid
gptkb:Battle_of_Boydton_Plank_Road
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
gptkbp:notableCommander
gptkb:Charles_Francis_Adams,_Jr.
Samuel Chamberlain
Henry S. Russell
gptkbp:notableFor
Served as infantry during part of its service
One of the few African American cavalry regiments in the Civil War
gptkbp:notableMember
gptkb:Frederick_Douglass_Jr.
gptkb:Edward_Wilkinson
gptkb:Charles_L._Mitchell
George Lawrence Mabson
William H. Dupree
gptkbp:organizedAt
gptkb:Camp_Meigs,_Readville,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:parentOrganization
gptkb:United_States_Colored_Troops
gptkbp:size
gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:state
gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Charles_E._Douglass
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7