10th Michigan Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Flint, Mich., and mustered in February 6, 1862. Left State for Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 22. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army Mississippi, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 13th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.--Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30, 1862. Actions at Farmington, Miss., May 3 and 9. Reconnoissance toward Corinth May 8. Occupation of Corinth May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. Tuscumbia Creek May 31-June 1. Reconnoissance toward Baldwyn June 3. In camp near Corinth until July 20. Moved to Tuscumbia July 20-25, and duty there until September. March to Nashville, Tenn., September 3-15. Siege of Nashville, Tenn., September 15-November 7. Duty at Nashville, Tenn., until January, 1863. Guard trains to Murfreesboro, Tenn., January 2-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until August. Mill Creek near Murfreesboro January 25 (Co. "I").

• April 10, 1863 - Skirmish near Antioch Station, Tennessee
• March to Columbia, Tenn., thence via Athens and Huntsville to Stevenson, Ala., August 19-September 7.
• Moved to Bridgeport, Ala., September 20, thence to Anderson's Cross Roads October 1, and to Smith's Ferry, Tenn., October 18-26.
• November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
  • Tunnel Hill November 24-25.
  • Mission Ridge November 25
  • Chickamauga Station November 26.
• March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 19.
• At Chattanooga December 19
• Demonstration on Dalton February 22-27, 1864.
• Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap, and Rocky Faced Ridge, February 23-25.
  • Regiment participated in this demonstration and actions while awaiting Veteran furlough, suffering a loss of over 60 men killed, wounded and missing
  • Veterans absent on furlough until May 11.
• May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • Rome May 17-18. Advance on Dallas May 18-25.
  • May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
  • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
  • Pine Hill June 11-14.
  • Lost Mountain June 15-17.
  • Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
  • Ruff's Station July 4.
  • Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
  • Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
  • July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Utoy Creek August 5-7.
  • Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
  • Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
• Pursuit of Hood October 2-10.
  • Florence October 6-7.
• At Chattanooga, Tenn., October 13-18, and at Rome, Ga., until October 31.
• March to Atlanta via Kingston and Cartersville, destroying railroad and bridges the entire distance, November 1-15.
• November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
  • Louisville November 30.
  • December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
• January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • Near Fayetteville, N. C., March 13.
  • Averysboro March 16.
  • Battle of Bentonville March 19-21.
  • Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
  • Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
  • Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
  • Bennett's House April 26.
    • Surrender of Johnston and his army.
• March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 17.
• Grand Review May 24.
• Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 13, and duty there until July 19.
• Mustered out July 19, and discharged at Jackson, Mich., August 1, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 95 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 223 Enlisted men by disease. Total 327.

Legacy

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 703, 707, 715, 721, 723, 834, 856, 866, 1286)