Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 5th

Officially organized in 1786 in Liberty County, Georgia, as an independent troop, this cavalry soon became known as the Liberty independent Troop. It is the oldest cavalry troop in Georgia. Its original purpose was for defense against Native Americans. The unit served in the Civil War as Troop G, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry and was attached to General Wheeler's Corps, Army of the Tennessee, from 1863 until 1865 when it was disbanded. In 1872, following the Reconstruction period, the Liberty Independent Troop was reorganized and, in 1889, was designated Troop B, 1st Cavalry. The troop was in federal service on the Mexican border from 1916 to 1917. It mustered out of service after the end of World War I.