5th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment
# 5th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment

The 5th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

## Service

The 5th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment was organized from the 2nd West Virginia Infantry Regiment on January 26, 1864. The regiment was consolidated into a single battalion at Charles Town, West Virginia, in September 1864 and was absorbed by the 6th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment on December 14, 1864.

## Casualties

The 5th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment suffered 3 officers and 68 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded in battle and 118 enlisted men dead from disease for a total of 189 fatalities.

## Commanding officers

* Colonel George R. Latham
