Fifth Battalion, Cavalry (Florida — Confederate)

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Unit Nickname Previous Unit Name Officers NCOs and Enlisted Men Total
Field and Staff 6 4 10
Company A 5 150 155
Company B 5 116 121
Company C 6 101 107
Company D 5 83 88
Company E 4 124 128
Company F 5 73 78
Company G 8 128 136
Company H 5 91 96
Company I 4 88 92
Other Soldiers     3 64 67
 
Totals     56 1,022 1,078

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The Fifth Cavalry Battalion was organized during the summer of 1863 with eight companies. Its members were recruited in the counties of Jackson, Gadsden, Leon, Escambia, Columbia, and Wakulla. It served in the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and took an active part in the battles of Olustee, Gainesville, Milton, and Braddock's Farm. The unit surrendered at Tallahassee on May 10, 1865. Lieutenant Colonel George W. Scott and Major William H. Milton were in command.