10th Wisconsin Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Milwaukee, Wis., and mustered in October 14, 1861. Moved to Louisville, Ky., November 9-11; thence to Shepherdsville and to Elizabethtown December 5. Attached to 9th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, December, 1861. 9th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 9th Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1864.

SERVICE.--Duty at Bacon Creek, Ky., until February, 1862. Advance on Bowling Green, Ky., February 13-15 and on Nashville, Tenn., February 22-25. Duty at Nashville until March 17. Advance on Murfreesboro March 17-19. Occupation of Shelbyville and Fayetteville and advance on Huntsville, Ala., April 5-11. Capture of Huntsville April 11. Paint Rock Bridge April 28 (Co. "H"). Pulaski May 4. Guard duty along Memphis & Charleston Railroad until August. Battle Creek June 21. March to Nashville, Tenn., thence to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 31-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Crab Orchard, Ky., October 1-16.

• October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky

March to Nashville, Tenn., October 17-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16.

• August 16-September 22, 1863 - The Chickamauga Campaign
  • Davis' Cross Roads near Dug Gap September 11.
  • September 19-September 20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September 24-October 27, 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
• November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
  • Orchard Knob November 23.
  • Mission Ridge November 25.
  • Pea Vine Creek November 26.
• Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864.
• Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25.
• At Tyner's Station guarding East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad until May 24.
• May 24?-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
  • May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
  • May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
  • Pickett's Mills May 27.
  • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
  • Pine Hill June 11-14.
  • Lost Mountain June 15-17.
  • Assault on Kenesaw Mountain June 27.
  • Ruff's Station July 4.
  • Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
  • Buckhead, Nancy's Creek, July 18.
  • Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
  • July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Ordered to Marietta and duty there until October 3.
  • Guard duty near Kenesaw Mountain until October 16.
• Mustered out October 25, 1864.
• Veterans and recruits transferred to 21st Wisconsin Infantry

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 91 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 147 Enlisted men by disease. Total 244.

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Sources

• Estabrook, Charles E. Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. (Madison, Wis. Adjutant General's Dept., 1915). (Pages 46-50)
• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 701, 704, 705, 707, 715, 733, 860, 862, 866, 1677)
• Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Pages 644-667)