5th Cavalry Regiment
Active
Country	United States
Branch	Regular Army
Type	Cavalry
Culture and history
Motto	Loyalty Courage
Colors	Yellow

The 5th Cavalry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army. Its history began over a century ago, organizing on May 28, 1855 as the 2nd United States Cavalry Regiment at Louisville, Kentucky. A few months later on September 27, 1855, under the command of Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston, the Regiment marched west to Texas to fight in its first Indian Campaign. Later on, Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. Lee succeeded Colonel Johnston as the Commander. The Regiment fought in a total of thirteen Indian Campaigns, symbolized by the Arrow Head shaped Regimental Crest. The Regular Army is the name given to the permanent force of the United States Army that is maintained during peacetime. ... Image:4th Cav Crest. ... The 6th Cavalry was organized in August, 1861, where it took to the fields as part of the Army of the Potomac. the regiment took part in sixteen campaigns, among them Antietam, Gettysburg, the Wilderness Campaign and Appomattox. ... The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States armed forces and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Louisville redirects here. ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Albert Sidney Johnston Albert Sidney Johnston (February 2, 1803 – April 6, 1862) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. ... For the author of Inherit the Wind and other works, see Robert Edwin Lee. ...

Early Battles

Early in 1861, the Regiment went to Carlisle Barracks, where the officers and men loyal to the South left the Regiment to serve in the Confederacy. Lieutenant Colonel Lee was replaced by Lieutenant Colonel George Henry Thomas. In the summer of 1861, the Regiment was re-designated the 5th United States Cavalry, the numerical designation it holds to this day. During the Civil War, the troopers of the 5th Cavalry made a gallant charge at Gaine’s Mill on June 27, 1862, saving the union artillery from annihilation. This battle is commemorated on the Regimental Crest by the Cross moline, in the yellow field on the lower half of the crest. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... General George H. Thomas George Henry Thomas (July 31, 1816 – March 28, 1870), the Rock of Chickamauga, was a career U.S. Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War. ... June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

During the Plains Indian Wars, the 5th Cavalry played an active role in pursuing Sioux and Cheyenne warbands that refused to return to their reservations. Under the leadership of Col. Wesley Merritt, a distinguished Civil War officer, the 5th was instrumental in defeating the Indians at the Battle of Slim Buttes. It was the first significant victory for the army following the debacle at Little Bighorn. The Sioux (also: Lakota) are a Native American people. ... The Cheyenne are a Native American nation of the Great Plains. ... Wesley Merritt (June 16, 1834 – December 3, 1910) was a general in the U.S. Army during the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War. ... Combatants Lakota United States Commanders Crazy Horse Strength Casualties {{{notes}}} The Battle of Slim Buttes was fought on January 8, 1877, between United States cavalry and Lakota Sioux forces. ... The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also called Custers Last Stand, was an engagement between a Lakota-Cheyenne combined force and the 7th Cavalry of the United States Army that took place on June 25, 1876 near the Little Bighorn River in the eastern Montana Territory. ...

At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, the 5th Cavalry was ordered to Tampa, Florida and then embarked for Cuba. The Regiment’s service in this war and later for the Puerto Rican Expedition is symbolized by the White Maltese cross in the black chief of the upper half of the Regimental Coat of Arms. Combatants United States Republic of Cuba First Philippine Republic Spain Commanders Nelson A. Miles William R. Shafter George Dewey Máximo Gómez Emilio Aguinaldo Patricio Montojo Pascual Cervera Casualties 379 U.S. dead; considerably higher although undetermined Cuban and Filipino casualties Unknown[1] The Spanish-American War took place... Maltese Cross The Maltese cross is identified as the symbol of the Christian warrior. ... We dont have an article called Chief (heraldry) Start this article Search for Chief (heraldry) in. ...

Activity during the early to mid 1900s

The 5th Cavalry returned to the United States in 1900. The Regiment served in the Philippine Islands and in Hawaii in 1903 and 1909 respectively. In 1913, the Regiment returned to the United States, where it stayed during World War I, patrolling the Mexican border. On 18 December 1922, The 5th Cavalry Regiment became part of the 1st Cavalry Division, and has served with this division ever since. Combatants Allied Powers: France Italy Russia Serbia United Kingdom United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Luigi Cadorna Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul von Hindenburg Reinhard Scheer Franz Josef I Conrad von... December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Having exchanged horses for vehicles in 1943, the men of the 5th Cavalry Regiment spent World War II in the jungles of the South Pacific. After the war, the Regiment was garrisoned in Japan. In July 1950, the Regiment was sent to Korea to serve with other United Nations forces. After one and a half years of combat, the Regiment returned to Japan in 1951. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...

The Regiment was once again reorganized in August 1963, as the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment. The Battalion arrived at Fort Benning in 1965, and then proceeded to the Republic of Vietnam as Air Cavalry. In Vietnam, it participated in twelve campaigns. In May 1971, the Battalion moved to Fort Hood, where it was reorganized as mechanized infantry. Fort Benning is a military base facility of the United States military southwest of Columbus, Georgia. ... In the military sciences, a military campaign encompass related military operations, usually conducted by a defense or fighting force, directed at gaining a particular desired state of affairs, usually within geographical and temporal limitations. ... Fort Hood is a census-designated place and US Army post located outside of Killeen Texas. ...

Recent Actions

On 12 August 1990, the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment was alerted for duty in Southwest Asia. It deployed with the 1st Cavalry Division to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield / Operation Desert Storm. August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... See also: 2003 invasion of Iraq and Gulf War (disambiguation) C Company, 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment, 1st UK Armoured Division The Persian Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of 34 nations led by the United States. ... Combatants U.S.-led coalition Iraq Commanders George H. W. Bush, Norman Schwarzkopf, Colin Powell Saddam Hussein, Ali Hassan Al-Majid, Hussein Kamel Strength 660,000 ~545,000 Casualties 345 dead, 1,000 wounded 25,000 - 100,000 dead, 100,000 - 300,000 wounded The 1991 Gulf War (also Persian...

from 1998 to 2001 The Battalion conducted two operational deployments. The first to Bosnia-Herzegovina in September of 1998, and the second to Kuwait in April 2001. Bosnia and Herzegovina (also variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans. ...

The "Black Knights" returned to Southwest Asia in March of 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II. Task Force LANCER was assigned responsibility for Sadr City, in the north-eastern portion of Baghdad, Iraq. The Battalion conducted over 80 days of sustained combat during the initial months of the deployment. After another 30 days of combat, the task force focused on rebuilding the infrastructure and training Iraqi security forces. These efforts contributed to the overwhelming success of Iraq's first free elections in January 2005. Overhead view of Sadr City Sadr City (formerly known as Saddam City and AThawra before that and since its establishment in 1959 by the then The Brigadier A. K. Quassim) is a vast low-income neighbourhood in northeastern Baghdad, home to some two million Shia Muslims. ... A street map of Baghdad Baghdad (بغداد) is the capital of Iraq and the Baghdad Province. ...

References

1. History of the 2nd BN, 5th Cavalry Regiment (reproduced with permission)