Battle Unit Details

CONFEDERATE NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS

5th Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry

Overview:
5th Cavalry Battalion was organized at Jacksboro, Tennessee, during the fall of 1862. It contained five companies and skirmished the Federals in Tennessee and Kentucky. In August, 1863, the unit merged into the 65th North Carolina Regiment-6th Cavalry. Lieutenant Colonel John B. Palmer and Major Alfred H. Baird were in command.
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