Fifth Military District
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The 5th Military District was a temporary administrative unit set up during the Reconstruction period following the American Civil War. It included Texas and Louisiana. General Philip Sheridan served as military governor, until removed by U.S. President Andrew Johnson because of a charge of excessive harshness in Sheridan's treatment of former Confederate soldiers. Among the United States Military forces stationed in Texas were the following units: 4th Cavalry; 6th Cavalry; 9th Cavalry; 1st Artillery; US 15th Infantry; 17th Infantry 26th Infantry; 35th Infantry; 41st Infantry.