5th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment

5th Pennsylvania Cavalry
The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14762590602).jpg
Cameron Dragoons at Darbytown Road, October 29, 1864
ActiveJuly 1861 to August 16, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchCavalry
EngagementsSeven Days Battles (Companies I & K)
Siege of Petersburg
First Battle of Petersburg
First Battle of Deep Bottom (detachment)
Appomattox Campaign
Battle of Five Forks
Battle of Sailor's Creek
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Pennsylvania U.S. Cavalry Infantry Regiments 1861-1865
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Union veteran Peter D. Helms, bugler of Co. D, 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

The 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry (65th Volunteers / "Cameron Dragoons") was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.