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A Regiment With a Record
A historical look at the Fifth Cavalry famed as the Fighting Fifth. From Civil War roots through Indian campaigns in Kansas Arizona and Wyoming to the War Bonnet fight and Crook’s campaigns, the regiment’s long service and notable officers are highlighted with a focus on endurance, notable battles, and key figures like Carr Merritt and Buffalo Bill.
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Lewougl
United States
Abs
Seventh Cavalry
Western Plains
Custer
Ontlit Ud
Uncle Sam
Fifth Cavalry
Lunnet Creek
Soul Pakota
Iow
Charles King
Way
Bobbs-Merrill
Hamer
W W. Wheeler
War Department
Crook
Farth Cavalry
Frontier Service
Texas
Oklahoma
Second Cavalry
Gray
Albert Sidney Johnston
Robert B. Lee
Earl van Dorn
W. J. Hardee
Kirby Smith
John B. Hood
Fitz-Hugh Lee
Wood
Wortt
George Ti. Thomas
Chick Aimauga
Enbajlern
John RB. Hood
Nashville, Tenn
Army of the Cumberland
Fifth Regiment of Cavalry
Battle of
Bull Run
Fifth
Yorktown
Kinney’s Farm
Gold Harbor
Malvern Hill
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg
Brandy Station
Mine Stun
the Wilderness
Spottsylvania
Trevilian Station
Petersburg
Winchester
Cellar Creek
Dinwiddle Court House
Five Forks
Appomattox
Kansas
W. B. Royall
Fort Hays
Beechera Island
G. A. Forsyth
Sheridan
Royall
Eugene A. Carr
Firth
Carr
Nebraska
Colorado
Summit Springs
Colo
Wirth
Buffalo bin
Tall Bull
Frank North
West Service
The
Pitt
Arizona
Patrick Henry
Indian Bureau
Salt River Canyon
Brown
Path
Charles Hing
Diemond Butte
King
Crock
Grook
Wyoming
Geo. Wesley Merritt
Carrie
Jolin
Merritt
War Bonnet Creek
Buffalo Bill
Yellow Hand
Pelltell
Slim Buttes
American Horse
Black Hills
Chieted Cloud
Red Leaf
Dull Knife
Mackenzie
Colonel Wheeler
United States Cavalry
Rawlins
Wyo
Captain Payne
Milk River
America
Payne