Green Ball (First_Last)
Regiment Name 5 Batt'n. Florida Cavalry.
Side Confederate
Company B&D
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
5th Battalion, Florida Cavalry
5th Cavalry Battalion was organized during the summer of 1863 with eight companies. Its members were recruited in the counties of Jackson, Gadsden, Leon, Escambia, Columbia, and Wakulla. It served in the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and took an active part in the battles of Olustee, Gainesville, Milton, and Braddock's Farm. The unit surrendered at Tallahassee on May 10, 1865. Lieutenant Colonel George W. Scott and Major William H. Milton were in command.
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Green Ball, Private, Capt. Smith's Company, Independent Cavalry, Florida, Vols.*, enlisted February 21, 1863 at Quincy, Florida by Capt. C. Rutterford for 3 years or the war, transferred to Capt. McElvey's Company Sept. 30, 1863**, recorded as on detached duty April 30, 1864, recorded present on April 30, 1865, signed his parole May 15, 1865 at Tallahasse, Florida, description: Height 5' 6", gray hair, blue eyes, light complexion
* This company was organized Feb. 24, 1863, and became Co. B of the 5th Battalion Cavalry when the latter was organized Oct. 9, 1863
** This company subsequently became Company D, 5th Battalion Florida Cavalry
M251: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida
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Fifth Cavalry Battalion
Florida Volunteers
The following was taken from the Supplement to the Offical Records:
Record of Events for the Fifth Cavalry Battalion
of Florida Volunteers,
March 1863-May 1865.
Field and Staff
George [Washington] Scott, Lt. Col.
William [Henry] Milton, Maj.
William P Pillans, Adj.
W. D. Bloxham, A.Q.M.
Thomas Addison, A.Q.M.
G. R. Williams, A.S.
Officers of Company A
William H. Milton, Capt., promoted to Maj.
Jesse C. Booth, Capt.
Joseph B. Barnes, 1st Lt.
William P McPherson, 2nd Lt.
H. L. Johnson, 2nd Lt.
This company was formerly [a part] of Company G, Second
Florida Cavalry, a part of which remained as Company G, and
eighty men and two officers were transferred, forming a new
company, which became Company A, Fifth Battalion, Florida
Cavalry.
Officers of Company B (also called C)
D. W. Gwynn, Capt.
E. A. Hart, 1st Lt.
R. E. Lester, 2nd Lt.
E. W. Burroughs, 2nd Lt.
This company was formed by the division of Company D,
Second Florida Cavalry, a part of which remained as Company
D, and sixty-seven men and two officers were transferred,
forming a new company which became Company B, Fifth
Battalion, Florida Cavalry.
Officers of Company C
Archibald C. Smith, Capt.
B. F. Watson, 1st Lt.
A. W. Smith, 1st Lt.
Leonidas Lott, 2nd Lt.
H. H. Love, 2nd Lt.
Officers of Company D
L. G. McElvey, Capt.
J. T. Seegar, 1st Lt.
[Donald] W. Nicholson, 2nd Lt.
G. B. Mills, 2nd Lt., resigned June 16, 1864
J. C. Walker, 2nd Lt.
Officers of Company E
William A. Jeter, Capt.
Reuben L. Harrison, 1st Lt.
Hiram W. Pickett, 2nd Lt.
John H. Glenn, 2nd Lt.
Organized September 15, 1863 by division of Company A,
Second Cavalry and received in the Fifth Battalion October 21,
1863.
Officers of Company F
A. A. Griffin, Capt.
A. J. Dozier, Capt.
R. I. Mays, 1st Lt.
J. W. Hendry, 2nd Lt.
E. E. Whitner, 2nd Lt.
H. C. Croom, 2nd Lt.
Organized September 3, 1863 by a division of Company I,
Second Florida Cavalry and received in Fifth Battalion November
30, 1863.
Officers of Company G
William H. Cone, Capt.
William A. Sheffield, 1st Lt.
Solomon Warren, 2nd Lt.
William T Weeks, 2nd Lt.
Organized August 12, 1863 and assigned to Fifth Battalion
April 17, 1864.
Officers of Company H
[James] D. Starke, Capt.
Milton Haynes, 1st Lt.
D. F. S. Brantly, 2nd Lt.
L. W. Odum, 2nd Lt., resigned December 19, 1864
Organized October 15, 1863 and assigned to Fifth Battalion
April 17, 1864.
Officers of Company I (Chisohn's Company I, formerly
Chisolm's Company, Florida Cavalry and Perry's Company,
Florida Independent Cavalry)
Robert J. Chisolm, Capt.
A. F. Perry, Capt.
W. C. Wilson, 1st Lt.
M. A. Rutherford, 2nd Lt.
R. A. Solomon, 2nd Lt.
Field and Staff
Stationed at Headquarters outpost, Army of Florida, near Jack-
sonville, May 14, 1864.
Stationed at Camp Turney, east Florida, May 1-August 31, 1864.
Station not stated, May 1865.
Company A
Stationed at Camp Governor Milton, November-December 1863.
December 31.— Company G of Second Regiment, Florida Cav-
alry, having 152 privates, was divided by order of Colonel
[Caraway] Smith, Second Florida Cavalry Regiment, sanctioned
by Brigadier-General [Howell] Cobb, commander of District,
August 13, 1863. Seventy-two privates of Company G were
retained in regiment, the balance formed in a new company. Cap-
tain W. H. Milton, captain of Company G, Second Florida Cav-
alry Regiment, at his request, was assigned captain of new com-
pany (not to affect the date of his rank). Second Lieutenant J. C.
Booth of Company G, Second Florida Cavalry Regiment, was
promoted first lieutenant and assigned to new company and an
election ordered for senior and junior second lieutenants on
September 21, 1863, which resulted in the election of J. B.
Barnes, Senior Second Lieutenant and William P. McPherson,
Junior Second Lieutenant. The above alterations were made by
orders direct from Colonel C. Smith, Second Florida Cavalry
Regiment.
W. H. MILTON,
Company A, Fifth Florida Battalion.
Stationed at Camp Preston near Marianna, Florida, December
31, 1864-May 5, 1865.
Company B
Stationed at Quincy, March 7-31, 1863.
Stationed at Quincy, May-June 1863.
Stationed at Camp Leon, Florida, December 31, 1864-May 4,
1865.
Company C
Stationed at Camp Simkins, August 24-August 31, 1863.
August 24.— This company was organized by division of Com-
pany D, Second Florida Cavalry, the members composing it hav-
ing been transferred from that company on August 24, 1863.
First Lieutenant D. W. Gwynn, of Company D, Second Florida
Cavalry, was promoted to captain and Brevet Second Lieutenant
E. A. Hart, also of Company D, Second Florida Cavalry, was
promoted to first lieutenant of this company on August 24, 1863.
Stationed at Camp Finegan, August 30, 1863-April 30, 1864.
August 13.— This company was organized by the division of
Company D, Florida Cavalry Regiment, in pursuance of an order
from General Howell Cobb, dated August 13, 1863 and was on
outpost duty in the vicinity of Saint Mark's, mid-Florida, from
date of its organization until February 9, 1864, when it was
ordered to east Florida, where it has been engaged ever since on
outpost duty. It was in the battle of Ocean Pond on February 20,
1864 and in the various skirmishes from there to Cedar Creek in
the vicinity of Jacksonville. The company was raised during the
suspension of the Conscript Act in General Cobb's district.
Stationed at Camp Turney, east Florida, April 30-August 31,
1864.
Company E
Stationed at west Florida, November-December 1863.
Stationed at Camp Preston, west Florida, December 31, 1864-
May 6, 1865.
Company F
Stationed at Camp Finegan, December 31, 1863-April 30, 1864.
Stationed at Camp Turney, April 30-August 31, 1864.
Company G
Stationed at Lake City, August 1863.
Stationed at Camp Cooper, September 20-30, 1863.
Stationed at outpost, [with] Army, east Florida, [February 8]-
April 30, 1864.
February 8.— Command left Camp Cooper February 8, 1864.
February 9.— Skirmished with enemy at Barber's [Ford] Febru-
ary 9, 1864, then at various places until stationed at outpost [of
the] Army, east Florida, near Camp Finegan, doing all the time
heavy scout and picket duty.
April 17.— Was attached temporarily to Fifth Florida Battalion
[of] Cavalry February 1864 and permanently April 17, 1864.
Company H
Stationed at Rock Spring, April 30-August 31, 1864.
Company I
Stationed at Camp Preston, Florida, December 31, 1864-May 5,
1865.
[M861-Roll #10]