10th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment

10th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment September 8, 1862 - September 17, 1863 United States Union Cavalry Defense of Cincinnati The 10th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 10th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment was organized at Covington, Lexington, and Crab Orchard, Kentucky, from September 8 through November 11, 1862. It mustered in for one year under the command of Colonel Joshua Tevis. Attached to Dates Cavalry, 1st Division, Army of Kentucky, Department of the Ohio to November 1862 Unattached, Army of Kentucky November 1862 District of Central Kentucky, Department of the Ohio to April 1863 2nd Brigade, District Central Kentucky, Department of the Ohio to June 1863 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, XXIII Corps, Department of the Ohio to July 1863 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XXIII Corps to August 1863 Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, 1st Division, XXIII Corps to September 1863 2nd Battalion Only District of Eastern Kentucky to June 1863 1st Brigade, 4th Division, XXIII Corps to August 1863 The 10th Kentucky Cavalry mustered out of service on September 17, 1863. Detailed service Dates Actions or events1862 until September Duty about Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, and in the District of Central Kentucky, scouting and operating against guerrillas and protecting that part of the state September 8 Skirmish near Florence, Kentucky December 24 to January 1, 1863 Expedition to eastern Tennessee December 28 Parker's Mills, on Elk Fork1863 February 18-March 5 Operations against Cluke's forces February 22 Coomb's Ferry February 24 Slate Creek, near Mt. Sterling, and Stoner's Bridge March 2 Slate Creek, near Mt. Sterling March 22-April 1 Operations against Pegram March 22 Mt. Sterling June 13–23 Operations against Everett's Raid in eastern Kentucky June 16 Triplett's Bridge, Flemming County July 25-August 6 Operations against Scott's forces July 28 Richmond July 31-August 1 Lancaster and Paint Creek Bridge August 1 Smith's Shoals, Cumberland River until September Duty at Mt. Sterling (2nd Battalion served detached in District of Eastern Kentucky) July 3–11 Expedition from Beaver Creek into Southwest Virginia July 7 Gladesville, Virginia Casualties The regiment lost a total of 75 men during service; 13 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 61 enlisted men died of disease. Commanders Colonel Joshua Tevis Colonel Charles J. Walker Notable members Private William Louis Marshall, Company A - brigadier general & Chief of Engineers (1908–1910) See also American Civil War United States List of Kentucky Civil War Units Kentucky in the Civil War References Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. Attribution External links History and alphabetical roster of the 10th Kentucky Cavalry taken from Thomas Speed's Union Regiments of Kentucky Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1863 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Kentucky Category:1862 establishments in Kentucky