10th REGIMENT CAVALRY
Dyer's Regimental History

from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, vol. III, Regimental Histories
by Frederick H. Dyer [1908]

Note: HTML format added to aid digestion.--if you remove the format you have Dyer's original text [He didn't use complete sentences].

10th REGIMENT CAVALRY.

• Organized at Camp Butler, Ill., and mustered in November 25, 1861.
• Moved to Quincy, Ill., December 20,
• thence to Benton Barracks, Mo., March 13, 1862.
• Moved to Springfield, Mo., April 4.

• Attached to District of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to October, 1862.
• [See also attachments of 1st Battalion]
• 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to December, 1862.
• Unattached, Army of the Frontier, to February, 1863.
• 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Frontier, to May, 1863.
• 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, District of Southeast Missouri, to August, 1863.
• 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Arkansas Expedition, to December, 1863.
• 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of Arkansas, to January 1864.
• 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to May, 1864.
• 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, to September, 1864.
• 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 7th Army Corps, to February, 1865.
• 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, 7th Army Corps, to April, 1865.
• 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Military Division West Mississippi. to May, 1865.
• 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Military Division West Mississippi, to July, 1865.
• Dept. of Texas to November, 1865.

• Near Waynesvilles Mo., May 31, 1862 (Co. "K").
• Neosho May 31.
• [1st Battalion (Cos. "A," "D," "G" and "K") detached and ordered to join Gen. Curtis June 15, 1862.]
• Expedition to Keittsville, Mo. July 8-20.
  • Near Fayetteville, Ark., July 15.
• Moved to Vera Cruz August 10,
• to Marshfield August 16, and duty there,
• operating from Springfield to Cane Hill, Ark., till November 13.
  • Marshfield, Mo., October 20 (Detachment).
  • Clark's Mills, Douglass County, November 7 (Co. "C").
• Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., December 7.
• 3rd Battalion (Cos. "C," "F," "I" and "M") moved to Fayetteville, Ark., December 8, and duty there till March, 1863, rejoining Regiment in Missouri.
• Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren December 27-29, 1862 (Cos. "B," "E," "H" and "L").
• 2nd Battalion (Cos. "B," "E," "II" and "L") moved to Huntsville January, 1863, and joined Totten.
• Moved to Flat Creek February, 1863, thence to Rolla, Mo.
• Scout from Fayetteville to Van Buren January 23-27, 1863 (3rd Battalion).
• Mulberry Springs January 27.
• Scout from Fayetteville to Arkansas River February 5-12 (3rd Battalion).
  • Thelkelds' Ferry February 6.
  • Near Van Buren February 10.
• Operations against Marmaduke April 17-May 2.
  • Jackson April 26.
• At Pilot Knob till July Steele's Campaign against Little Rock July 1-September 10.
  • [1st Battalion rejoined Regiment near Wittsburg, Ark., August 1, 1863]
  • Bayou Metoe, or Reed's Bridge, August 27.
  • Bayou LaFourche and capture of Little Rock September 10.
• Pursuit of Price September 11-13.
  • Near Little Rock September 11.
• Duty at Little Rock till March, 1864.
• Steele's Expedition to Camden March 23-May 3.
  • Elkins' Ferry April 3-4.
  • Prairie D'Ann April 9-13.
  • Jenkins' Ferry, Camden, April 15.
  • Near Camden April 20.
  • Jenkins' Ferry, Saline River, April 30.
• Operations against Shelby north of the Arkansas River May 13-31.
• Scouts from Huntersville and Clinton June 4-17.
• Operations in Arkansas July 1-31.
  • Near Huntersville July 8 (Detachment),
  • Near Little Rock July 10 (Detachment).
  • Bayou des Arc July 14.
• Duty at Little Rock, Pine Bluff and Brownsville and in the Dept. of Arkansas to November, 1865.
  • Expedition from Little Rock to Little Red River August 6-16 1864.
  • Expedition from Little Rock to Searcy, Fairview and Augusta in pursuit of Shelby August 27-September 6, 1864.
  • Expedition from Pine Bluff September 9-12.
  • Near Monticello September 10 (Detachment).
  • Brewer's House September 11 (Detachment).
  • Expedition from Brownsville to Cotton Plant October 26-November 2 (Detachment).
  • Expedition from Brownsville to Fairview November 28-December 8.
• Duty in Arkansas till June 6, 1865.
• Moved to Shreveport, La., June 6-17,
• thence marched to San Antonio, Texas, July 8-August 1;
• duty there till November, 1865.

1st Battalion (Cos. "A," "D," "G" and "K") detached and

• ordered to join Gen. Curtis June 15, 1862.
• Reported at Jacksonport, Ark., July 4, 1862.
• Attached to Army of Southwest Missouri and District of Eastern Arkansas to December, 1862.
• 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to May, 1863.
• Detached Brigade District of Northeast Louisiana to June, 1863.
• Unattached, 13th Army Corps, to July, 1863.

• March to Helena, Ark., July 4-12, 1862
  • Action at Cotton Plant, Ark., July 7.
• Moved to Oldtown Landing August 6, and
• duty there till October.
• Moved to Helena October 6.
• Expedition to mouth of White River November 16-20.
• Washburn's Expedition to Oakland Miss., November 27-December 7.
  • Oakland December 3.
• Arkansas Post, Ark., January 11, 1863,
• Yazoo Pass Expedition February 24-April 8, 1863.
• Siege operations against Vicksburg, Miss., April to July.
• Near Richmond, La., June 6.
• Milliken's Bend and Young's Point, La., June 6-7.
• Expedition from Young's Point to Richmond June 14-16.
• Richmond June 16.
• Moved to Helena, Ark., July, and
• rejoined Regiment near Wittsburg, Ark., August 1, 1863.
• Regiment mustered out November 22, 1865.

Regiment lost during service

• 1 Officer and 24 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and
• 3 Officers and 262 Enlisted men by disease.
• Total 290.

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