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10th Michigan Cavalry Regiment
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10th Michigan Cavalry Regiment September 18, 1863 – November 11, 1865 United States 1865 23px Union Cavalry Regiment American Civil War November 11, 1865Michigan U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiments 1861-1865 9th Michigan Cavalry Regiment 11th Michigan Cavalry Regiment
The 10th Michigan Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Dyer 1908 1275 Federal Publishing Company 1908 427-428CWA, 10th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry 2009NPS, 10th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry 2005
Service
The 10th Michigan Cavalry was organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan between September 18 and November 23, 1863. The regiment left Grand Rapids for Lexington, Kentucky, on December 1, 1863. The regiment moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, on February 25 and remained there until March 6. The regiment saw action at Flat Creek Valley on March 15 then moved to Morristown on March 16.Harvey Harvey 2014 1
In April 1864, expeditions were made to Carter's Station from April 24–28, to Rheatown on April 24, to Jonesboro and Johnsonville on April 25, from Bull's Gap to Watauga River April 25–27. Watauga Bridge April 25. Powder Springs Gap April 29. In May, expeditions were made to Newport on May 2 and Dandridge May 19. A reconnaissance from Strawberry Plains to Bull's Gap and Greenville was accomplished from May 28–31. In the summer of 1864, a reconnaissance was made to Bean's Station June 14, Wilsonville June 16, and a scout from Strawberry Plains to Greenville August 1–5.
The regiment participated in Gillem's Expedition into East Tennessee August 17–31 with the exception of Companies E, F and I that remained in Knoxville.
The regiment took part in General Stoneman's 1865 raid into North Carolina and Virginia.
The regiment was mustered out of service on November 11, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 2 officers and 29 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 240 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 271
fatalities.NPS, 10th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry 2005
Commanders
Colonel Luther Stephen Trowbridge
See also
American Civil War Michigan
List of Michigan Civil War Units
Michigan in the American Civil War
References
Citations
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Sources
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10th Regiment Cavalry American Civil War Archive https://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmicav.htm#10th June 5, 2026 CWA, 10th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry 2009 January 17, 2009
Dyer Frederick Henry Frederick H. Dyer A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Dyer Pub. Co. Des Moines, IA 1908 8697590 09005239 B01BUFJ76Q https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015026937642?urlappend=%3Bseq=1287%3Bownerid=13510798899657173-1315 en PDF 1275 2027/mdp.39015026937642?urlappend=%3Bseq=1508%3Bownerid=13510798899657173-1315 registration October 20, 2024
Federal Publishing Company Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan 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. III 1908 Madison, WI https://archive.org/details/unionarmyhistory03madi/page/427/mode/1up 694018100 PDF 427–428
Harvey Don Harvey Lois https://www.migenweb.org/michiganinthewar/cavalry/10cava.htm 10th Michigan Cavalry May 5, 2015 Michigan Geneology on the Web 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20120209224410/http://www.migenweb.org/michiganinthewar/cavalry/10cava.htm February 9, 2012 1
https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UMI0010RC 10th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry U.S. National Park Service nps.gov 2005 NPS, 10th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry 2005 December 6, 2009
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