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10th Tennessee Infantry Regiment (Union)

10th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
ActiveApril 18, 1862, to June 23, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchUnion Army
TypeInfantry
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Charles Johnson, a son of President Andrew Johnson who enlisted as assistant surgeon in the 10th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry in the Fall of 1862[1]

The 10th Tennessee Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Originally recruited and designated as the 1st Middle Tennessee Infantry, it was largely composed of Irish-Americans.

Service

The 10th Tennessee Infantry was organized at Nashville, Tennessee, from May until August 1862, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment under the command of Colonel Alvan Cullem Gillem.[2]

Attachments

  • Post and District of Nashville, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to June 1863.
  • 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps, Department of the Cumberland (until September 1863)
  • Defenses of Nashville & Northwestern Railroad (until January 1864)
  • 1st Brigade, Defenses of Nashville, Tennessee (January 1864)
  • 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, XII Corps, Department of the Cumberland (until April 1864)
  • 1st Brigade, 4th Division, XX Corps, Department of the Cumberland ( until April 1865)
  • 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee (until June 1865)[3]
  • The 10th Tennessee Infantry mustered out of service at Nashville, Tennessee, between April 2 and May 17, 1865.

Detailed service

  • Guard duty on Nashville & Northwestern Railroad, and garrison and guard duty at Nashville, Tennessee, until April 1865.
  • Ordered to Greenville April 24, 1865, and duty in District of East Tennessee until June.

Commanders

See also

References

  1. ^ Schroeder-Lein, Glenna R., and Richard Zuczek. Andrew Johnson: A Biographical Companion. ABC-CLIO, 2001, p. 164
  2. ^ 10th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry: Battle Unit Details, NPS
  3. ^ Dyer, Frederick H. "10th Regiment Infantry," in A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, 1636-1647. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co., 1908.
  • Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
Attribution
  • Public Domain This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.
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