10th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
The 10th Tennessee Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Originally recruited and designated as the 1st Middle Tennessee Infantry, it was largely composed of Irish-Americans.
Service
The 10th Tennessee Infantry was organized at Nashville, Tennessee, from May until August 1862, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment under the command of Colonel Alvan Cullem Gillem.Attachments
- Post and District of Nashville, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to June 1863.
- 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps, Department of the Cumberland
- Defenses of Nashville & Northwestern Railroad
- 1st Brigade, Defenses of Nashville, Tennessee
- 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, XII Corps, Department of the Cumberland
- 1st Brigade, 4th Division, XX Corps, Department of the Cumberland
- 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee
- The 10th Tennessee Infantry mustered out of service at Nashville, Tennessee, between April 2 and May 17, 1865.
Detailed service
- Post and garrison duty at Nashville, Tennessee, until September 1863.
- Ordered to Bridgeport, Alabama, September 24, 1863.
- Guard duty on Nashville & Northwestern Railroad, and garrison and guard duty at Nashville, Tennessee, until April 1865.
- Ordered to Greenville April 24, 1865, and duty in District of East Tennessee until June.