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Military unit
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
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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. The Regimental Companies were:
Organization
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- Company A - Men primarily recruited from
Posey
and
Vanderburgh
counties
- Company B - Men primarily recruited from
Gibson
,
Knox
,
Posey
and
Vanderburgh
counties
- Company C - Men primarily recruited from
Bartholomew
,
Jackson
,
Jennings
and
Warren
counties
- Company D - Men primarily recruited from
Switzerland
County
- Company E - Men primarily recruited from
Clark
County
- Company F - Men primarily recruited from
Daviess
,
Gibson
,
Knox
,
Pike
,
Vanderburgh
and
Warrick
counties
- Company G - Men primarily recruited from
Dubois
,
Gibson
,
Spencer
,
Vanderburgh
and
Warrick
counties
- Company H - Men primarily recruited from
Jefferson
County
- Company I - Men primarily recruited from
Monroe
County
- Company K - Men primarily recruited from
Bartholomew
,
Gibson
, and
Posey
counties
- Company L - Men primarily recruited from
Bartholomew
,
Jennings
, and
Lawrence
counties
- Company M - Men primarily recruited from
Dubois
,
Pike
,
Spencer
,
Vanderburgh
and
Warrick
counties
Army Organization
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Time Line
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Once the Regiment was moved into Pulaski, Tennessee, the 10th Indiana Cavalry Regiment was broken up into detachments for a variety of missions.
Date
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Battle or Engagement of Service
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June 1 ? November 26, 1864
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Duty at Pulaski, Tennessee, and Decatur, Alabama, guarding Northern Alabama Railroad by detachments
|
September 2, 1864
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Action at Elk River
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September 25, 1864
|
Sulphur Branch Trestle
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September 26, 1864
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Richland Creek, near Pulaski, Tennessee
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September 26 ? 27, 1864
|
Repulse of Forest's attack on Pulaski, Tennessee
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October 1?2, 1864
|
Athens, Tennessee
|
October 26 ? 29, 1864
|
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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November 26, 1864
|
Moved to Nashville, Tennessee
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December 1, 1864
|
A Detachment at Decatur, Alabama - Siege of Decatur
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December 5 ? 17, 1864
|
A Detachment moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and participated in the Siege of Murfreesboro
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December 5?8, 1864
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"The Cedars"
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December 13 ? 14, 1864
|
Owen's Cross Roads
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December 15 ? 16, 1864
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Battle of Nashville, Tennessee
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December 17 ? 28, 1864
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Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River
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December 17, 1864
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Franklin and Hollow Tree Gap
|
December 25 ? 26, 1864
|
Sugar Creek, Pulaski
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December 27 ? 28, 1864
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Decatur, Alabama
(Detachment)
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December 29, 1864
|
Pond Springs, Alabama (Detachment)
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December 31, 1864
|
Russellsville
(Detachment)
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February, 1865
|
Detachments brought together
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February 12 ? March 22, 1865
|
Moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi; then to New Orleans, Louisiana, and to Mobile Bay, Alabama
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March 22 ? April 12, 1865
|
Campaign against Mobile and its defenses
|
March 26 ? April 9, 1865
|
Siege of
Spanish Fort
and
Fort Blakely
|
April 12, 1865
|
Capture of
Mobile, Alabama
|
April 13 ? 20, 1865
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March to
Montgomery, Alabama
|
June ? August 1865
|
March to
Columbus
and
Vicksburg, Mississippi
, and Provost duty in Holmes and Attalla Counties
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August 31, 1865
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Mustered out at Vicksburg, Mississippi
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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.
See also
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References
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- 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
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