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Roster of Curtis' Horse
Companies A, B, C, and D
Nebraska Volunteers
(5th Iowa Cavalry)
From:
ROSTER NEBRASKA VOLUNTEERS FROM 1861 TO 1869
COMPILED
FROM
BOOKS, RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS ON FILE IN OFFICE OF ADJUTANT GENERAL OF
STATE.
PUBLISHED 1888, HASTINGS, NEB., WIGTON & EVANS, STATE
PRINTERS
Many of these men were from Page Co. Iowa and adjoining counties
The 5th Iowa
Cavalry
The 5th Iowa Cavalry
was assembled from companies raised in four different
states.
Companies A, B, C
and D were organized
in Omaha, Nebraska, during the fall of 1861. Company E formed at Dubuque,
Iowa. Company F
gathered together in Missouri, initially identified as the Fremont
Hussars. Fellow Missourians came together as Company H at Benton Barracks a few days after
Christmas. Companies G, I and K were assigned to the regiment, having been formed as the 1st,
2nd and 3rd Independent Companies, Minnesota Cavalry at Fort
Snelling. The final
two companies with their colorful names were also from Missouri; Companies
L (Naughton's Irish
Dragoons) and M (Osage Rifles) enlisted in the war effort at Jefferson
City and St. Louis respectively. The fact that the unit was comprised of men
from numerous locales played a role in the regiment's initial name.
Rather than being
identified by a State loyalty, the regiment was organized as
"Curtis' Horse" by
order of General Fremont, and in honor of General Curtis, who was in
command of the Missouri area. Many of those in Curtis' Horse were from
Page and Mills Counties, Iowa. The Unit was later designated the 5th Iowa
Cavalry.
In the early days of
February 1862, the Fifth Iowa Cavalry advanced toward a key Confederate
position in northwestern Tennessee. The unit played a significant role
in the dramatic capture of Fort Henry and the subsequent fall of Fort Donelson. The
following week, the regiment was sent on an expedition to destroy a
key railroad bridge
over the Tennessee River. The most significant military undertaking of the year was
the successful siege and capture of Corinth, Mississippi. The Curtis Horse occupied
Corinth on May 30 and participated in the pursuit to Booneville the
following two weeks.
They fought throughout the South during the remainder of the
War.
During the war, the
Fifth Iowa Cavalry lost 7 officers and 58 enlisted either killed or
mortally wounded. Disease, historically a less forgiving foe than one's
enemy, accounted for the deaths of 2 officers and 179
enlisted.
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Companies A, B, C, and D.
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