10th New York Infantry Regiment

December 2013 10th New York Infantry Regiment Manassas, 10th New York monument.jpg Manassas battlefield, monument of 10th New York regiment (National zouaves) November 23, 1861 to June 30, 1865 United States of America Union Infantry 713,Hillhouse 1862 11As reported back to Adjutant General Hillhouse upon departure from New York on June 27, 1861722Hillhouse 1863 1034As reported back to Adjutant General Hillhouse, on December 31, 1862, 710Sprague, (1864), Vol. I, p. 7Sprague, (1864), Vol. II, p. 11As reported back to Adjutant General Sprague, on December 31, 1863 National Zouaves Model 1842 Springfield Muskets (.69 caliber, smoothbore and rifled)Hillhouse 1862 11 Hillhouse 1863 1034On 18 Sep 1861, 722 Harper's Ferry rifled Model 1842s, percussion locks from manufacture and rifled. As reported back to Adjutant General on December 31, 1863. This was the number turned in when issued Springfields., 1861,Mink, Armament in the Army of the Potomac, (2008), p.76 Model 1861 Springfield Rifles Battle of Tranter's Creek Seven Days Battles Battle of Gaines' Mill Battle of Malvern Hill Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of Antietam Battle of Shepherdstown Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Battle of Auburn II Battle of Bristoe Station Battle of Mine Run Battle of Morton's Ford Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Battle of North Anna Battle of Cold Harbor Second Battle of Petersburg Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road First Battle of Deep Bottom Second Battle of Ream's Station Battle of Boydton Plank Road Battle of Hatcher's Run Appomattox Campaign Battle of White Oak Road Battle of Petersburg III Battle of High Bridge Battle of Appomattox Courthouse 120px 3rd Division, II Corps 120px 2nd Division, II CorpsNew York U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 9th New York Infantry Regiment 11th New York Infantry Regiment The 10th New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as the McChesney Zouaves or National Guard Zouaves.July 2024 Service thumb|left|Col. W. W. McChesney, 10th N.Y. Inf. thumb|Discovery of a new rebel battery at Messech's Point, near the mouth of Back River by a scouting party of the Tenth Regiment of New York Zouaves, before September 1861 The 10th New York Volunteer Infantry, the National Zouaves or McChesney's Zouaves, was recruited in New York city and Brooklyn and mustered into federal service, April 27, 30, May 2, and 7, 1861, for a two-year enlistment. From Sandy Hook, where it was encamped, the regiment embarked for Fortress Monroe on June 5, and was ordered to join the reserve during the battle of Big Bethel.Dyer 1908 1409 Federal Publishing Company 1908 55 Phisterer 1912 1843 Headquarters were established at Camp Hamilton, near Fortress Monroe, and here the regiment was stationed until the opening of the campaign on the Peninsula the following year. In May 1862, the regiment moved to Norfolk and Portsmouth and on June 7, was attached to the 3d brigade, 2nd division, V Corps, which it joined at Bottom's bridge on the Chickahominy. It was active in the Seven Days' battles, encamped at Harrison's Landing until late in August, when it returned to Newport News, whence it was ordered to Manassas and fought bravely in the Second Bull Run, losing 115 men in killed, wounded and missing.Dyer 1908 1409 Federal Publishing Company 1908 55 Phisterer 1912 1843 At South Mountain and Antietam, it was held in reserve; was in action at Shepherdstown, after which it was assigned to the 3d brigade, 3d division, II Corps, with which it fought at Fredericksburg, where almost one-half of the members of the regiment who went into action were killed, wounded or missing.Dyer 1908 1409 Federal Publishing Company 1908 55 Phisterer 1912 1843 A portion of the winter was spent in the performance of guard duty at headquarters and the original two years members not reenlisted were mustered out at New York on May 7, 1863. The remainder of the regiment was consolidated into a battalion of four companies to which were later added two companies of new recruits and the veterans of the 8th N. Y. artillery. The battalion was made provost guard of the 3d division, II Corps and in March, 1864, was attached to the 3d brigade, 2nd division, II Corps. It was active at the Wilderness, where the loss was 95 members, at Spottsylvania, Laurel Hill, the North Anna river, Totopotomy, and Cold Harbor.Dyer 1908 1409 Federal Publishing Company 1908 55 Phisterer 1912 1843 It then served during the long siege of Petersburg, being engaged in the early assaults on the works there, at the Weldon Railroad, Deep Bottom, Strawberry Plains, Reams' Station, the Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, White Oak Road, and in the final assault on the fortifications, April 2, 1865. In the pursuit which followed the evacuation, the 10th was in line with its brigade and performed guard duty near Richmond until the welcome orders to return home. The regiment was mustered out at Munson's Hill, VA., June 30, 1865.Dyer 1908 1409 Federal Publishing Company 1908 55 Phisterer 1912 1843 Affiliations, battle honors, detailed service, and casualties Organizational affiliation Attached to:Dyer 1908 1409 Fortress Monroe and Camp Hamilton, Department of Virginia, to June, 1862 3rd Brigade 2nd Division, V Corps, Army of the Potomac (AoP) to September, 1862 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, II Corps, to May, 1863 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, II Corps, to March, 1864 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, II Corps, to June, 1865 List of battles The official list of battles in which the regiment bore a part:Dyer 1908 1409 Phisterer 1912 1844 40em Battle of Tranter's Creek Seven Days Battles Battle of Gaines' Mill Battle of Malvern Hill Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of Antietam Battle of Shepherdstown Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Battle of Auburn II Battle of Bristoe Station Battle of Mine Run Battle of Morton's Ford Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Battle of North Anna Battle of Cold Harbor Second Battle of Petersburg Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road First Battle of Deep Bottom Second Battle of Ream's Station Battle of Boydton Plank Road Battle of Hatcher's Run Appomattox Campaign Battle of White Oak Road Battle of Petersburg III Battle of High Bridge Battle of Appomattox Courthouse Detailed service 40em Detailed service is as follows:Dyer 1908 1409 1861 Left State for Fortress Monroe, June 6, 1861 Duty at Camp Hamilton, Va., till May, 1862 1862 Occupation of Norfolk and Portsmouth May 10 and duty there till June 7 Joined Army of the Potomac on the Peninsula Operations against Stuart June 13–15 Old Church June 13 Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1 Gaines Mill June 27 White Oak Swamp and Turkey Bend June 30 Malvern Hill July 1 At Harrison's Landing till August 16 Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville August 16–28 Battle of Second Bull Run August 30 Battle of Antietam September 16–17 Shepherdstown Ford and Shepherdstown September 19–20 Movement to Falmouth October 29-November 19 Provost guard for Sumner's Grand Division December 7–24 Battle of Fredericksburg December 12–15 1863 Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20–24, 1863 At Falmouth till April 27 Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6 Provost Guard, 3rd Division, II Corps, April 27 to June 14 Battle of Chancellorsville May 1–5 Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2–4 Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13–17 Bristoe Campaign October 9–22 Auburn and Bristoe October 14 Blackburn's Ford October 15 Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7–8 Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2 1864 Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6–7, 1864 Morton's Ford February 6–7 Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15 Battles of the Wilderness May 5–7 Spottsylvania May 8–12 Laurel Hill May 8 Po River May 10 Spottsylvania Court House May 12–21 Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle," May 12 North Anna River May 23–26 On line of the Pamunkey May 26–28 Totopotomoy May 28–31 Cold Harbor June 1–12 Before Petersburg June 16–18 Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865 Jerusalem Plank Road June 22–23, 1864 Demonstration north of the James July 27–29 Deep Bottom July 27–28 Mine Explosion July 30 (Reserve) Demonstration north of the James August 13–20 Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14–18 Ream's Station August 25 Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run October 27–28 1865 Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5–7 Watkins' House March 25 Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9 Crow's House March 31 Fall of Petersburg April 2 Sailor's Creek April 6 High Bridge, Farmville, April 7 Appomattox Court House April 9 Surrender of Lee and his army At Burkesville till May 2 March to Washington, D. C, May 2–12 Grand Review May 23 Mustered out June 30, 1865 Casualties During its term of service, it lost 130 by death from wounds and 89 by death from accident, imprisonment or disease.Cowtan 1882 435-436 Dyer 1908 1409 Federal Publishing Company 1908 55 Phisterer 1912 1843 Armament & uniforms Armament Soldiers in the 10th were armed with 713 National Armory (NA)In government records, National Armory refers to one of three United States Armory and Arsenals, the Springfield Armory, the Harpers Ferry Armory, and the Rock Island Arsenal. Rifle-muskets, muskets, and rifles were manufactured in Springfield and Harper's Ferry before the war. When the Rebels destroyed the Harpers Ferry Armory early in the American Civil War and stole the machinery for the Confederate central government-run Richmond Armory, the Springfield Armory was briefly the only government manufacturer of arms, until the Rock Island Arsenal was established in 1862. During this time production ramped up to unprecedented levels ever seen in American manufacturing up until that time, with only 9,601 rifles manufactured in 1860, rising to a peak of 276,200 by 1864. These advancements would not only give the Union a decisive technological advantage over the Confederacy during the war but served as a precursor to the mass production manufacturing that contributed to the post-war Second Industrial Revolution and 20th century machine manufacturing capabilities. American historian Merritt Roe Smith has drawn comparisons between the early assembly machining of the Springfield rifles and the later production of the Ford Model T, with the latter having considerably more parts, but producing a similar numbers of units in the earliest years of the 1913–1915 automobile assembly line, indirectly due to mass production manufacturing advancements pioneered by the armory 50 years earlier. Smithsonian, Civil War symposium, (2012)NPS, Springfield Armory NHS, (2010) and contract manufactured Model 1842 Springfield Muskets smoothbore muskets drawn from state arsenals.The smoothbore version was produced without sights (except for a cast one on the barrel band). Using a Buck and Ball cartridge, the smoothbore version of the 1842 musket was very effective during the American Civil War.Davide Pedersoli, .69 Ball, Buck and Ball, and Buckshot Cartridges (2014) At some point in the fall of 1861, the regiment, like others in its division, exchanged the smoothbore muskets for newer Model 1861 Springfield rifled muskets at the Washington DC arsenal. By the end of the first full year of hard campaigning, the regimented returned 722 Model 1842 smoothbore percussion muskets to the Adjutant General.Hillhouse 1863 1033 By theFredericksburg, the regiment reported the following survey result to U.S. War Department:Mink, Armament in the Army of the Potomac, (2008), p.76 A — 11 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.) B — 46 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.) C — 36 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.) D — 38 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.) E — 44 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.) F — 59 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.) G — 78 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.) H — 18 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.); 18 Model 1841 Mississippi rifles, NA and contract, (.54 Cal.) I — 37 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.) K — 33 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.) Shoulder Arms Gallery Uniform The 10th New York wore a dark blue bound Zouave jacket trimmed in red with a red trefoil both sides of the front, and cuffs pointed/piped in red.Troiani Coates McAfee Jensen 2002 74-75 A collar-less short-sleeved red vest piped in yellow was worn under the jacket, which was only fastened at the neck, with six brass buttons.Smith Younghusband 1996 F-3 The men wore a blue-tasseled red faz covered with a white turban. Instead of baggy Zouave trousers, narrower sky blue trousers with double red stripes on the outseam. Around the waist a royal sash trimmed in red was worn. The trousers were tucked into white canvas leggings.Troiani Coates McAfee Jensen 2002 74-75 Smith Younghusband 1996 F-3After time in the field, the jacket would fade to a brown shade.Troiani Coates McAfee Jensen 2002 74-75 Commanders Colonel Walter W. McChesneyPhisterer 1912 1843 Colonel John E. Bendix Colonel Joseph Yeamans Colonel George F. Hopper See also List of New York Civil War regiments References Footnotes 50em Citations Sources 50em Cowtan Charles W. Services of the Tenth New York Volunteers (National Zouaves) in the War of the Rebellion C.H. Ludwig New York, NY 1882 181356791 02014964 https://archive.org/details/servicesoftenthn00cowt/page/n11/mode/2up en PDF July 11, 2024 registration Dyer Frederick Henry Frederick H. Dyer A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Dyer Pub. Co. Des Moines, IA 1908 8697590 09005239 https://archive.org/details/08697590.3359.emory.edu/page/1409/mode/2up?view=theater en PDF July 11, 2024 29, 42, 188, 291, 292, 305, 330, 1409 B01BUFJ76Q registration Federal Publishing Company Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of New York, Maryland, West Virginia, And Ohio Federal Publishing Company The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861–65 – Records of the Regiments in the Union army – Cyclopedia of battles – Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. II 1908 Madison, WI https://archive.org/details/unionarmyhistory02madi/page/55/mode/1up July 11, 2024 1086145633 PDF 55–56 Hillhouse Thomas Thomas Hillhouse (American politician) Adjutant General's Report, 1861 New York (State). Adjutant General's Office Annual Reports of the Adjutant General of the State of New York January 15, 1862 Albany, NY 1–735 en https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/application/files/6115/8014/6697/AG_Report_1861.pdf 2020-04-10 registration sn94095328 1040003486 Hillhouse Thomas Thomas Hillhouse (American politician) Adjutant General's Report, 1862 New York (State). Adjutant General's Office Annual Reports of the Adjutant General of the State of New York January 27, 1863 Albany, NY 1–735 en https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/application/files/6115/8014/6697/AG_Report_1862.pdf 2020-04-10 registration sn94095328 1039942785 Mink Eric J. https://npsfrsp.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/aop-armament-fredericksburg2.pdf Armament in the Army of the Potomac at Fredericksburg Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania NMP Staff Mysteries & Conundrums November 30, 2008 Mink, Armament in the Army of the Potomac, (2008), p.76 November 14, 2020 Phisterer Frederick Frederick Phisterer Seventh Regiment of Infantry - Sixty Ninth Regiment of Infantry J. B. Lyon Company, State Printers New York in the War of Rebellion, 1861-1865 3 3rd 1912 Albany, NY 1843–1861 en https://archive.org/details/phisterernewyork03fredrich/page/1843/mode/1up July 11, 2024 registration 14013311 1359922 PDF Sprague John T. Adjutant General's Report, 1863 I New York (State). Adjutant General's Office Annual Reports of the Adjutant General of the State of New York February 1, 1864 Albany, NY 1–672 en https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/application/files/5515/8014/6791/AG_Report_1863_v1.pdf registration sn94095328 1039942785 Sprague, (1864), Vol. I, p. 7 Sprague John T. Adjutant General's Report, 1863 II New York (State). Adjutant General's Office Annual Reports of the Adjutant General of the State of New York February 1, 1864 Albany, NY 1–672 en https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/research/AG_Reports/AG_Report_1863_v2.pdf 2020-04-10 registration sn94095328 1039942785 Sprague, (1864), Vol. II, p. 11 Smith Robin Younghusband William 1996 American Civil War Zouaves https://books.google.com/books?id=2mPJAAAACAAJ Osprey Elite Series London, UK 978-1-84176-067-4 35042353 en July 11, 2024 subscription Troiani Don Don Troiani Coates Earl J. McAfee Michael J. Jensen Les 2002 Don Troiani's Regiments and Uniforms of the Civil War https://books.google.com/books?id=F_rWkKT8ta4C Stackpole Books Mechanicsburg, PA 74–75 978-0-8117-0520-2 877851178 2002018906 1st en pdf July 15, 2024 Springfield Armory National Historic Site http://www.museum.nps.gov/spar/vfpcgi.exe?IDCFile=/spar/DETAILM.IDC,SPECIFIC=9341,DATABASE=29426021, NPS.gov National Park Service (US Govt) 13 September 2010 NPS, Springfield Armory NHS, (2010) June 2025 medicmedic https://www.davide-pedersoli.com/rivista-dettaglio.asp/l_fr/idne_89/69-ball-buck-and-ball-and-buckshot-cartridges-of-the-us-army.html .69 ball, buck and ball and buckshot cartridges of the U.S. Army Davide Pedersoli & C. www.davide-pedersoli.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140706060949/http://www.davide-pedersoli.com/rivista-dettaglio.asp/l_fr/idne_89/69-ball-buck-and-ball-and-buckshot-cartridges-of-the-us-army.html 2014-07-06 Davide Pedersoli, .69 Ball, Buck and Ball, and Buckshot Cartridges (2014) Merritt Roe Smith 9 November 2012 Northern Weapons Manufacturing during the Civil War; keynote address of the 2012 Smithsonian Institution's Technology and the Civil War symposium C-SPAN https://www.c-span.org/video/?309361-1/northern-weapons-manufacturing-civil-war&start=1340 C-SPAN Smithsonian, Civil War symposium, (2012) External links New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - Civil War - 10th Infantry Regiment History, photographs, table of battles and casualties, historical sketch, monument at Gettysburg, Civil War newspaper clippings, battle flag, and regimental flag for the 10th New York Infantry Regiment. 05814299.3376.emory.edu Services of the Tenth New York Volunteers (National Zouaves,) in the War of the Rebellion (1882) Infantry 010 Category:1861 establishments in New York (state) Category:Military units and formations established in 1861 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865