5th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment

5th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry
ActiveJanuary 9, 1864-October 31, 1865
DisbandedOctober 31, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchCavalry
SizeRegiment
EngagementsAmerican Civil War

The 5th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry (or 5th Regiment, Massachusetts Cavalry (Colored)) was a cavalry regiment from Massachusetts, that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was the third regiment to recruit black soldiers in Massachusetts, after the famous 54th and 55th regiments.

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