North Carolina 5th Cavalry Battalion, Company B (Confederate)

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Company mustered in on April 18th, 1861.

Facts about this Company:

Number of Soldiers: 187
First Enlistment Place: Mitchell County, North Carolina
First Enlistment Date: 1861-12-30 (13 soldiers)
Most Common Enlistment Place: Mitchell County, North Carolina (24 soldiers)
Most Common Enlistment Date: 1862-06-27 (121 soldiers)
Most Common Muster Out Date: 1863-08-03 (124 soldiers)
Most Common Residence for 1861: Mitchell County, North Carolina (22 soldiers)
Most Common Residence for 1862: Mitchell County, North Carolina (56 soldiers)
Youngest Soldier at Enlistment: 17 -- Bracken, John
Oldest Soldier at Enlistment: 42 -- English, Samuel W. (Captain)
Average Age at Enlistment: 25.5 years old
Median Age at Enlistment: 23.0 years old
Wounded In Regiment: 3 (1%)
Prisoner Of War While In Regiment: 36 (15%)
Soldiers That Died While In Regiment: 7 (2%)
Soldiers That Died While In War: 5 (2%)

Commander List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

(Corporal, June 1862 - August 1863)
Anderson, James Newton (First Lieutenant, June 1862 - August 1863)
Boone, James E. (Sergeant, May 1863 - August 1863)
Boone, James J (Sergeant, May 1863 - August 1863)
Boone, William R. (^Captain, June 1862 - June 1862; Captain, September 1862 - August 1863)
Brown, James D. (#Sergeant, June 1862 - May 1863)
Brown, Romulus W. (Corporal, 1862 - June 1862; First Sergeant/Sergeant/Corporal/First Lieutenant, June 1863 - August 1863)
Burleson, William A. (Corporal, June 1862 - June 1863)
Burleson, William P (Corporal, June 1862 - August 1862)
Conley, James C. (Quatermaster Sergeant/Sergeant Major, July 1862 - July 1863)
Cook, Albert T (#Corporal, July 1863 - August 1863)
Dean, George Washington (Sergeant, March 1863 - June 1863)
Dellinger, John (Musician, December 1861 - February 1862)
English, John Samuel (First Lieutenant, January 1862 - June 1862; First Lieutenant, June 1862 - June 1863)
English, John Samuel (Sergeant, March 1863 - August 1863)
English, Samuel W. (#Captain, June 1862 - August 1863)
English, William C. (Sergeant, January 1863 - August 1863)
Green, James (Sergeant/First Sergeant, June 1862 - July 1862)
Haskins, Samuel P (Trumpeter, January 1862 - June 1862)
Helton, John (Second Lieutenant, August 1862 - September 1862)
Johnson, Samuel (#Sergeant, March 1863 - August 1863)
Johnson, Samuel (#Sergeant, March 1863 - August 1863)
Johnston, Samuel (#Sergeant, June 1862 - June 1862; Sergeant, June 1862 - August 1863)
Mace, Joseph P. (#Sergeant, December 1861 - June 1862)
Nance, James B (#%Sergeant, July 1862 - August 1862; Sergeant, August 1862 - ?)
Reed, Burgess (Sergeant, May 1863 - August 1863)
Reid, Burgess (Sergeant, May 1863 - August 1863)
Reid, Burgess (Sergeant, May 1863 - August 1863)
Shell, William (Corporal, August 1863 - August 1863)
Swan, James M (Corporal, February 1862 - June 1862)
Walker, Arthur E (Sergeant, July 1862 - July 1863)
Webb, James Milton (Corporal, January 1863 - April 1863; Corporal, April 1863 - August 1863)
Webb, James Milton (Corporal, June 1863 - August 1863)
Wiseman, Thomas J. (Second Lieutenant, June 1863 - August 1863)
Wiseman, Thomas J. (Second Lieutenant, June 1862 - August 1863)
Wiseman, Thomas J. (Second Lieutenant/Third Lieutenant, February 1862 - June 1862; Second Lieutenant, June 1862 - June 1862; Second Lieutenant, June 1863 - August 1863)
Wiseman, Thomas R (#Second Lieutenant, June 1863 - July 1863; Corporal, July 1863 - August 1863)
Wiseman, Wilson G. (First Sergeant, June 1862 - June 1862; First Sergeant, June 1862 - August 1863)
Wiseman, Wilson G. (First Sergeant, June 1862 - August 1863)

Soldier List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

Regiments

North Carolina 5th Cavalry Battalion (Confederate)