The 5th Cavalry Regiment was formed in January, 1863, by consolidating the 1st and 2nd Georgia Cavalry Battalions which had served along the Georgia coast. 2nd Cavalry Battalion contained five companies organized during the late fall of 1861 and Henry was assigned to Company F. The 5th Cavalry was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Edward Bird, Lieutenant Colonel M. Cumming, and Major Richard J. Devant, Jr. The men were from the counties of Effingham, Screven, Liberty, Bulloch, Lamar, and McIntosh. It was sent to Mississippi and placed in Wheeler's Cavalry Corps.
Jacob was captured on September 6, 1864, near Woodbury, Tennessee and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio. He was imprisoned there with Ben J Wright Darsey. Private Dorsey wrote memories of the Capture and Imprisonment titled "A war story, or, My experience in a Yankee prison." There is a copy at the Statesboro Public Library, Statesboro, Georgia.
Serving under W.W. Allen and R.H. Anderson, the unit participated in the Atlanta Campaign, the defense of Savannah, and the campaign of the Carolinas. On April 26, 1865, it surrendered with the Army of Tennessee.
The field officers were Colonels Robert H. Anderson and Edward Bird, Lieutenant Colonel R.J. Davant, Jr., and Major William H. Wiltberger.
Source: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System.
Married on November 19, 1868 in Liberty Co., GA
The 5th Cavalry Regiment was formed in January, 1863, by consolidating the 1st and 2nd Georgia Cavalry Battalions which had served along the Georgia coast. 2nd Cavalry Battalion contained five companies organized during the late fall of 1861 and Henry was assigned to Company F. The 5th Cavalry was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Edward Bird, Lieutenant Colonel M. Cumming, and Major Richard J. Devant, Jr. The men were from the counties of Effingham, Screven, Liberty, Bulloch, Lamar, and McIntosh. It was sent to Mississippi and placed in Wheeler's Cavalry Corps.
Jacob was captured on September 6, 1864, near Woodbury, Tennessee and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio. He was imprisoned there with Ben J Wright Darsey. Private Dorsey wrote memories of the Capture and Imprisonment titled "A war story, or, My experience in a Yankee prison." There is a copy at the Statesboro Public Library, Statesboro, Georgia.
Serving under W.W. Allen and R.H. Anderson, the unit participated in the Atlanta Campaign, the defense of Savannah, and the campaign of the Carolinas. On April 26, 1865, it surrendered with the Army of Tennessee.
The field officers were Colonels Robert H. Anderson and Edward Bird, Lieutenant Colonel R.J. Davant, Jr., and Major William H. Wiltberger.
Source: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System.
Married on November 19, 1868 in Liberty Co., GA
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