10th Indiana Cavalry Regiment

10th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry 125th Indiana Regiment George F. Herriott, Major, 10th Indiana Cavalry (Union).jpg Major George F. Herriott of the 10th Indiana Cavalry Regiment. December 30, 1863, to August 31, 1865 United States Union Cavalry *American Civil War Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle Battle of Decatur Third Battle of Murfreesboro Battle of Nashville Mobile Campaign (1865) Siege of Spanish Fort Battle of Fort Blakeley Thomas Newsom Pace George Ransom Swallow The 10th Regiment Indiana Cavalry, also designated the 125th Indiana Regiment, was a cavalry regiment raised in southern Indiana to fight in the American Civil War. History The 10th Regiment Indiana Cavalry was organized at Columbus and Vincennes, Indiana, in the winter of 1863 through the spring of 1864. In command of the Regiment was Colonel Thomas N. Pace. +Original Organization of Regiment.Indiana. Adjutant General's Office. cn http://archive.org/details/reportofadjutant03indi Report of the Adjutant General of the state of Indiana .. Terrell William H. H. 1865 Indianapolis, A.H. Connor [etc.] State Printer Allen County Public Library Genealogy CenterIndiana. Adjutant General's Office http://archive.org/details/reportindiana07dougrich Report of the adjutant general of the state of Indiana Terrell William H. H. 1865–69 Indianapolis, A. H. Conner [etc] State printer University of California LibrariesCompany Primary Place of RecruitmentEarliest CaptainAPosey and Vanderburgh countiesSylvanus MilnerBGibson, Knox, Posey and Vanderburgh countiesThomas G. WilliamsonCBartholomew, Jackson, Jennings and Warren countiesJoseph W. SwiftDSwitzerland CountyWilliam MeadEClark CountyJohn W. BradburnFDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike, Vanderburgh and Warrick countiesAshbury Hunter AlexanderGDubois, Gibson, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick countiesWilliam Jones Jr.HJefferson CountyGeorge R. MitchellIMonroe CountyIsaac Shelby Buskirk KBartholomew, Gibson, and Posey countiesDewitt C. JamesLBartholomew, Jennings, and Lawrence countiesMatthew GaffneyMDubois, Pike, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick countiesMorman Fisher Army Organization Date Organization June 1864 through November 1864 Attached to the District of Northern Alabama Department of the Cumberland November 1864 through March 1865 Attached to the 1st Brigade, 7th Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi March 1865 through May 1865 Attached to the 2nd Brigade, Grierson's 1st Cavalry Division, Military Division West Mississippi May 1865 through June 1865 Attached to the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Military Division West Mississippi June 1865 through August 1865 Attached to the District of Vicksburg, Mississippi, Military Division of the Mississippi Time Line Once the Regiment was moved into Pulaski, Tennessee, the 10th Indiana Cavalry Regiment was broken up into detachments for a variety of missions. Date Battle or Engagement of Service June 1 – November 26, 1864 Duty at Pulaski, Tennessee, and Decatur, Alabama, guarding Northern Alabama Railroad by detachments September 2, 1864 Action at Elk River September 25, 1864 Sulphur Branch Trestle September 26, 1864 Richland Creek, near Pulaski, Tennessee September 26 – 27, 1864 Repulse of Forest's attack on Pulaski, Tennessee October 1–2, 1864 Athens, Tennessee October 26 – 29, 1864 Murfreesboro, Tennessee November 26, 1864 Moved to Nashville, Tennessee December 1, 1864 A Detachment at Decatur, Alabama - Siege of Decatur December 5 – 17, 1864 A Detachment moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and participated in the Siege of Murfreesboro December 5–8, 1864 "The Cedars" December 13 – 14, 1864 Owen's Cross Roads December 15 – 16, 1864 Battle of Nashville, Tennessee December 17 – 28, 1864 Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17, 1864 Franklin and Hollow Tree Gap December 25 – 26, 1864 Sugar Creek, Pulaski December 27 – 28, 1864 Decatur, Alabama (Detachment) December 29, 1864 Pond Springs, Alabama (Detachment) December 31, 1864 Russellsville (Detachment) February, 1865 Detachments brought together February 12 – March 22, 1865 Moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi; then to New Orleans, Louisiana, and to Mobile Bay, Alabama March 22 – April 12, 1865 Campaign against Mobile and its defenses March 26 – April 9, 1865 Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley April 12, 1865 Capture of Mobile, Alabama April 13 – 20, 1865 March to Montgomery, Alabama June – August 1865 March to Columbus and Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Provost duty in Holmes and Attalla Counties August 31, 1865 Mustered out at Vicksburg, Mississippi Casualties Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 20 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 157 Enlisted men by disease. Total 182. Notable people John D. Works: American Judge, politician, and lawyer. Works served as a private in Company D.Soldier Details - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service) https://www.nps.gov/subjects/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm 2025-09-09 www.nps.gov en George Ransom Swallow: Banker and businessman from Jerseyville, Illinois. Swallow served as the Major and Colonel of the 10th Indiana Cavalry. Previous to his service in the 10th Indiana, Swallow served in the 7th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery. See also List of Indiana Civil War regiments References Dryer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Des Moines: Dyer Publishing Co. 1908. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 3, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1866 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 7, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1867 "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing Company, 1908 - Volume 3 External links 125th Indiana Regiment / 10th Indiana Cavalry in the American Civil War The Civil War Archive: Regimental Histories - 10th Regiment Cavalry (125th Regiment Volunteers) Family Search: 10th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry 10 cav Category:Military units and formations established in 1863 Category:1863 establishments in Indiana Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:1865 disestablishments in Indiana