10th Missouri Infantry (U)

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at St. Louis, Mo., August, 1861. Attached to Dept. of Missouri to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Mississippi, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 7th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 7th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 17th Army Corps, to December, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, to October, 1864.

SERVICE.--Guarding Pacific Railroad until November, 1861. Expedition through Jefferson County September 1-3. Fulton, Mo., October 28. At Hermann, Mo., December 1-23. Expedition through Warren, Callaway, Boone and Audrain Counties December, 1861. At Warrenton, Mo., until February, 1862. At High Bridge until April. At Cape Girardeau, Mo., until April 30. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 30. Coffey's Landing, Tenn., May 2. Siege of Corinth, Miss., May 5-30. Action at Farmington May 9 (Reserve). Skirmish on Booneville Road May 29. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. At Corinth until August. At Jacinto until September 18. Battle of Iuka September 19. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November, 1862, to January, 1863. Escort train to Memphis, Tenn., December 20-30, 1862. Guard duty on Memphis & Charleston Railroad at Germantown and near Memphis until March, 1863. Expedition to Yazoo Pass and operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13-April 5. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., and duty there until April 25. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May L (In support). Big Black River May 3. Battles of Raymond May 12. Jackson May 14. Champion's Hill May 16.

• May 18, 1863 - Skirmish at Vicksburg, Mississippi (detachment)
• May 18-July 4, 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
  • May 19, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi
  • May 22, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi
  • July 4, 1863 - Surrender of Vicksburg, Mississippi
• Garrison duty at Vicksburg until September 12.
• At Helena, Ark., until October 1.
• September 26-November 20, 1863 - Expedition from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29.
• November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
  • Tunnel Hill November 23-24.
  • Mission Ridge November 25.
• At Bridgeport, Ala., until January 1, 1864.
• February 3-March 2, 1864 - Expedition from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Meridian, Mississippi
• At Royd's Station and Brownsboro, Ala., along Memphis & Charleston Railroad until June 15.
  • Constructed bridge across Flint River at Brownsboro.
• Moved to Kingston, Ga., via Huntsville and Stevenson, Ala., June 15-20.
• June 20-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • Moved to Resaca July 2, and duty there until August 17. (Cos. "I" and "K" until October.)
• October 12-October 13, 1864 - Skirmishes about Resaca, Georgia (Cos. "I" and "K").
• Companies "A," "B," "C," "D," "E," "F" and "G" left for muster out August 17, and mustered out August 24, 1864.
• Company "H" attached to 24th Missouri Infantry (U) / Company E
• Companies "I" and "K" mustered out October 31, 1864.

Regimental Roster

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 98 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 228 Enlisted men by disease. Total 331.

Regiment Casualty Comparisons by Source

Source	Casualties	Remarks
Dyer	3 Officers and 98 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded 2 Officers and 228 enlisted men killed by disease Total 331	None
Fox	Fox lists this unit as: 180th on the list of units with losses based on duration of the entire term of service of the unit (5th of the Missouri troops)	None
WotRWiki Statistics	0 troops killed Includes 0 troops mortally wounded Includes 0 troops killed by disease All others are troops killed in action or under special circumstances	This feature is not yet available. Check back soon for updates!

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, 720, 778, 779, 783, 785, 866, 1327)
• Fox, William F. 1840-1909. Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the Extent and Nature of the Mortuary Losses in the Union Regiments, With Full and Exhaustive Statistics Compiled From the Official Records on File in the State Military Bureaus and at Washington. Albany: Albany Pub. Co., 1889. (Page 12)