10th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

a regiment in the American Civil War the regiment in the American Revolution 10th Massachusetts Regiment May 2026 10th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Flag of Massachusetts.svg 220 June 21, 1861 – July 6, 1864 United States 1864 23px Union Infantry 1,218 In 1862: 2nd Brigade (Devens's), 3rd Division (Newton's), VI Corps, Army of the Potomac July 6, 1864 Henry Shaw Briggs Colonel Henry L. Eustis Colonel 100px VI Corps (3rd Division) badge Massachusetts U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 9th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment 11th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment The 10th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was a regiment of infantry in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Organized at Hampden Park in Springfield, Massachusetts in the early summer of 1861 and consisting mostly of men from western Massachusetts, the regiment was mustered in on June 21, 1861. It was originally led by Colonel Henry Shaw Briggs, an attorney and prominent citizen of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.Bowen, 196 A formation of the 10th Massachusetts Infantry See also American Civil War Massachusetts in the Civil War List of Massachusetts Civil War units References Citations 40em Sources 60em Massachusetts in the War, 1861–1865 Bowen James L. 1889 Springfield, Massachusetts Clark W. Bryan & Co 1986476 https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_K0tLhkfW1wwC A History of Massachusetts in the Civil War Schouler William William Schouler 1868 Boston E.P. Dutton & Co 2662693 https://archive.org/details/ahistorymassach01schogoog External links 10th Mass Volunteer Infantry (Reenactor Group) https://web.archive.org/web/20200813044105/https://10thmass.com/ 2020-08-13 CTCBS Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Massachusetts Category:1861 establishments in Massachusetts Category:Military units and formations established in 1861 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1864