10th Indiana Cavalry Regiment


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

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.
CompanyPrimary Place of RecruitmentEarliest Captain
APosey and Vanderburgh countiesSylvanus Milner
BGibson, Knox, Posey and Vanderburgh countiesThomas G. Williamson
CBartholomew, Jackson, Jennings and Warren countiesJoseph W. Swift
DSwitzerland CountyWilliam Mead
EClark CountyJohn W. Bradburn
FDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike, Vanderburgh and Warrick countiesAshbury Hunter Alexander
GDubois, Gibson, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick countiesWilliam Jones Jr.
HJefferson CountyGeorge R. Mitchell
IMonroe CountyIsaac Shelby Buskirk
KBartholomew, Gibson, and Posey countiesDewitt C. James
LBartholomew, Jennings, and Lawrence countiesMatthew Gaffney
MDubois, Pike, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick countiesMorman Fisher

Army Organization

DateOrganization
June 1864 through November 1864Attached to the District of Northern Alabama Department of the Cumberland
November 1864 through March 1865Attached to the 1st Brigade, 7th Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi
March 1865 through May 1865Attached to the 2nd Brigade, Grierson's 1st Cavalry Division, Military Division West Mississippi
May 1865 through June 1865Attached to the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Military Division West Mississippi
June 1865 through August 1865Attached to the District of Vicksburg, Mississippi, Military Division of the Mississippi

Time Line

Once the Regiment was moved into Pulaski, Tennessee, the 10th Indiana Cavalry Regiment was broken up into detachments for a variety of missions.
DateBattle or Engagement of Service
June 1 – November 26, 1864Duty at Pulaski, Tennessee, and Decatur, Alabama, guarding Northern Alabama Railroad by detachments
September 2, 1864Action at Elk River
September 25, 1864Sulphur Branch Trestle
September 26, 1864Richland Creek, near Pulaski, Tennessee
September 26 – 27, 1864Repulse of Forest's attack on Pulaski, Tennessee
October 1–2, 1864Athens, Tennessee
October 26 – 29, 1864Murfreesboro, Tennessee
November 26, 1864Moved to Nashville, Tennessee
December 1, 1864A Detachment at Decatur, Alabama - Siege of Decatur
December 5 – 17, 1864A Detachment moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and participated in the Siege of Murfreesboro
December 5–8, 1864"The Cedars"
December 13 – 14, 1864Owen's Cross Roads
December 15 – 16, 1864Battle of Nashville, Tennessee
December 17 – 28, 1864Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River
December 17, 1864Franklin and Hollow Tree Gap
December 25 – 26, 1864Sugar Creek, Pulaski
December 27 – 28, 1864Decatur, Alabama
December 29, 1864Pond Springs, Alabama
December 31, 1864Russellsville
February, 1865Detachments brought together
February 12 – March 22, 1865Moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi; then to New Orleans, Louisiana, and to Mobile Bay, Alabama
March 22 – April 12, 1865Campaign against Mobile and its defenses
March 26 – April 9, 1865Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley
April 12, 1865Capture of Mobile, Alabama
April 13 – 20, 1865March to Montgomery, Alabama
June – August 1865March to Columbus and Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Provost duty in Holmes and Attalla Counties
August 31, 1865Mustered out at Vicksburg, Mississippi

Casualties

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.

Notable people

John D. Works: American Judge, politician, and lawyer. Works served as a private in Company D.George Ransom Swallow: Banker and businessman from Jerseyville, Illinois. Swallow served as the Major and Colonel of the 10th Indiana Cavalry. Previous to his service in the 10th Indiana, Swallow served in the 7th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery.