The Cameron Dragoons, the 65th Regiment, 5th Cavalry of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was organized in July 1861 and disbanded in May 1865; A.V. Kautz assumed command of the cavalry division of the Army of the James in May, 1864. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, v. 2, p. 568, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 160., The illustration shows a mounted Union cavalry soldier, sabre drawn, attacking a mounted Confederate cavalry soldier., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
United States, Army, Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865)
Date
[1864 or 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1864 Uni Sta (3)5777.F.24 (McAllister)
