5th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry The 5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 5th Kansas Cavalry was organized at Leavenworth , Kansas from July 12 , 1861 through January 22 , 1862 . Companies L and M were organized April through July 1862 . It was mustered in under the command of Colonel Hamilton P . Johnson . The regiment was attached to Department of Kansas to June 1862 . Unattached , Army of Southwest Missouri , Department of Missouri , to July 1862 . District of Eastern Arkansas , Department of Missouri , to December 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Cavalry Division , District of Eastern Arkansas , Department of Missouri , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Cavalry Division , XIII Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to April 1863 . 2nd Brigade , District of Eastern Arkansas , Department of Tennessee , to June 1863 . Clayton ' s Independent Brigade , District of Eastern Arkansas , Department of Tennessee , to August 1863 . Clayton ' s Cavalry Brigade , Arkansas Expedition , to January 1864 . Pine Bluff , Arkansas , VII Corps , Department of Arkansas , to September 1864 . 1st Brigade , Cavalry Division , VII Corps , to February 1865 . Post St . Charles , VII Corps , to August 1865 . Companies A through H of the 5th Kansas Cavalry mustered out of service at Fort Leavenworth August 11 through December 8 , 1864 . Companies I and K mustered out on June 22 , 1865 at Pine Bluff and Little Rock , Arkansas . Companies L and M were consolidated with the 15th Kansas Cavalry . Detailed service . Companies A and F moved to Kansas City , Mo . , July 17 , 1861 . Expedition to Harrisonville July 20 – 25 . Skirmish at Harrisonville July 25 ( Companies A and F ) . Regiment moved to Fort Scott , Kansas , as escort to a supply train and duty there until September 17 , 1861 . ( Companies B , C , and E joined at Fort Scott . ) Ball ' s and Morse ' s Mills August 28 – 29 . Fort Scott September 1 . Drywood Creek , Fort Scott , September 2 . Fort Scott September 3 . Papinsville September 5 . Morristown September 17 . Moved to West Point , Mo . , September 17 ; thence with 3rd and 4th Kansas to Osceola . Actions with Price at Osceola September 20 , 21 and 22 . Butler October 1 . West Point October 5 . Moved to Kansas City , Mo . , thence to Springfield , Mo . , and joined Fremont . Little Santa Fe November 6 . Moved to Fort Scott , Ossawatomee , and Fort Lincoln , Kansas , and duty at Camp Denver , near Barnesville , until February 1862 . Camp near Fort Scott until March 17 . March to Carthage , Mo . , March 17 – 19 . Duty there until April 10 . Moved to Springfield , Mo . , April 10 – 12 . Turnback Creek April 26 . Moved to Houston May 25 – 27 , thence to Rolla , Mo . March to Join Curtis June 17 . Eminence June 17 . March to Helena , Ark . , June 17 - July 12 . ( Companies A , D , and K escorted supply train June 25 - July 14 . ) Salem July 6 . Jacksonport , Black River , July 8 . Duty at Helena , Ark . , until August . Operations against Quantrill in Kansas August 20 – 28 , 1862 ( detachment ) . Washburne ' s Expedition from Helena against Mobile & Ohio Railroad July 24 – 26 , 1862 ( Company C ) . Expedition to Oldtown and Trenton July 28 – 31 ( Company C ) . Clayton ' s Expedition toward Clarendon August 4 – 17 . Expedition to Johnsonville and Marianna September 26 ( detachment ) . Action at Trenton October 14 . Expedition to Moro November 5 – 8 ( detachment ) . Expedition against Arkansas Post November 16 – 26 . Expedition to Grenada , Miss . , November 27 - December 5 . Oakland , Miss . , December 8 . Expedition to Big and Little Creeks and skirmishes March 6 – 10 , 1863 ( detachment ) . Little Rock Road April 2 ( Company G ) . Mount Vernon May 11 . Polk ' s Plantation , near Helena , May 25 . Repulse of Holmes ' attack on Helena July 4 . Steele ' s Expedition to Little Rock August 1 - September 10 . Bayou Metoe August 27 . Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock September 10 . Near Brownsville September 12 . Moved to Pine Bluff September 14 and duty there until March 27 , 1864 . Tulip October 10 , 1863 . Pine Bluff October 25 . Scout to Monticello January 13 – 14 , 1864 . Monticello January 16 . Branchville , Ivy ' s Ford , January 19 . Expedition to Mount Elba and Longview March 27 – 31 . Branchville March 27 ( detachment ) . Longview March 29 – 30 . Action at Mount Elba and pursuit to Big Creek March 30 . Swan Lake April 23 . Mark ' s Mills April 25 ( detachment ) . Duty at Pine Bluff and Little Rock until October 1864 . Monticello Road , near Pine Bluff , June 17 . Reconnaissance from Pine Bluff July 13 . Scout on Arkansas River , near Pine Bluff , and skirmishes August 27 – 28 . Expedition from Pine Bluff September 9 – 11 ( detachment ) . Near Monticello September 10 . Brewer ' s Lane September 11 . Reconnaissance from Little Rock toward Monticello and Mount Elba October 4 – 11 . Expedition from Kansas into Missouri June 16 – 20 , 1864 ( Company L ) . Pursuit of Price through Arkansas and Missouri September – October . Lexington , Mo . , October 19 . Little Blue October 21 . Independence October 22 . Big Blue and State Line October 22 . Westport October 23 . Mine Creek , Little Osage River and Marias Des Cygnes October 26 . Battle of Charlot October 25 . Mound City and Fort Lincoln October 25 . Newtonia October 28 . Scout to Rich land December 24 ( detachment ) . Near Oxford January 13 , 1865 ( detachment ) . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 268 men during service ; 2 officers and 45 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 2 officers and 219 enlisted men died of disease .