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fifth, Sixth & seventh Calvary
" Onward, onward to the battle! who can doubt which side will win? Eight and might both guide our squadrons, and the steadfast hearts within."
The 5th Cavalry was raised under authority given by the War Department to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph T. Copeland, 1st Cavalry, with the sanction of the Governor. Its rendezvous was at Detroit, and was mustered into the service of the United States August 30th, 1863.
FIELD AND STAFF.
Colonel, Joseph T. Copeland, Pontiac. Lieutenant Colonel, William D. Mann, Detroit. Majors, Freeman Norvell, Detroit; Ebenezer Gould, Owosso; and Luther S. Trowbridge, Detroit. Surgeon, John P. "Wilson, Pontiac. Assistant Surgeon, Addison B. Stone, Memphis. Adjutant, Richard Baylis, St. Johns. Quartermaster, Arthur Edwards, Trenton. Commissary, Dwight A. Aiken, Pontiac. Chaplain, Oliver Taylor, Detroit.
A. Captain, Wellington W. Gray, Pontiac. First Lieutenant, William M. Underhill, Detroit. Second Lieutenant, Samuel Harris, Rochester. Second Lieutenant, Egbert B. Clark, Clarkston.
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