A Distinguished regiment.
A Northern paper gives a list of the officers of the old United States Fifth Regular Cavalry, and their positions and fate since the present war. We copy it:
Colonel Albert Sydney Johnston; since
Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate Armies, and killed at
Shiloh.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. Lee; now Generalissimo of the Confederate Forces.
First
Major W. J. Hardee; now
Lieutenant-General in the Confederate Army.
Second
Major G. H. Thomas; now
Major-General United States Army.
Company A.--
Captain Earl Van Dorn; since
Lieutenant-General Confederate States Army; killed in a duel.
First Lieutenant John Cross.
Second Lieutenant E. Parker Porter;
Assistant Commissary-General and
Colonel United States Army.
Company B.--
Captain E. Kirby Smith; now
Lieutenant-General Confederate States Army.
First Lieutenant W. H. Jennifer (Confederate), inventor of the "
Jennifer saddle"
Second Lieutenant Fitz Hugh Lee; now
Lieutenant-General Confederate States Army.
Company C.--
Captain James Oanes; now
Lieutenant-Colonel Fourth United States Cavalry.
First Lieutenant William B. Royal; now
Major Fifth United States Cavalry.
Second Lieutenant James Wetherell; drowned.
Company D.--
Captain Innis M. Palmer; now
Brigadier-General United States Volunteers.
First Lieutenant William B. Chambliss; now
Major of the Second United States Cavalry.
Second Lieutenant Cornelius Van Camp; killed by
Camanche Indians at
Wichita Mountain,
Indian Territory.
Company E.--
Captain George Stoneman; now
Major-General United States Volunteers.
First Lieutenant Robert N. Eagle, of "Eagle Stirrup" fame; resigned.
Second Lieutenant Joseph R. Minturn; now
Quartermaster-General of the
Confederate States Army.
Company F.--
Captain Richard W. Johnson; now
Brigadier-General United States Army.
First Lieutenant Theodore O'Hara; resigned.
Second Lieutenant William Pfeiffer (Confederate); killed early in the war.
Company G.--
Captain Albert G. Brackett; now
Brigadier-General United States Volunteers and
Major of Second United States Cavalry.
First Lieutenant Manning M. Kimmel; died.
Second Lieutenant John B. Hood; now
Brigadier-General of the
Confederate States Army.
Company H.--
Captain Nathan G. Evans; now Brigadier-General Confederate States Army; killed.
First Lieutenant Joseph R. McArthur; retired with rank of
Major.
Second Lieutenant J. R. Wheeler; now
Captain United States Engineers.
Company I.--
Captain William R. Bradfute (Confederate); died.
First Lieutenant Charles W. Field; now
Major-General Confederate States Army.
Second Lieutenant John Schaff;
Confederate States Army; killed.
Company K.--
Captain Charles J. Whiting; since
Major Second United States cavalry; dismissed.
First Lieutenant Charles Radziminski; died in
Memphis, Tennessee.
Second Lieutenant William W. Lowe; now
Brigadier-General United States Volunteers.
Adjutant Kenner Garrard; now
Brevet Brigadier-General United States Volunteers and
Major Fourth United States Cavalry.
Major-General Emory is now
Colonel of the regiment.
