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.

10th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry
(125th Indiana Regiment)
Flag of the United States, 1863–1865
ActiveDecember 30, 1863, to August 31, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchCavalry
EngagementsBattle of Decatur
Third Battle of Murfreesboro

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. The Regimental Companies were:

Organization

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 (Detachment)
December 29, 1864Pond Springs, Alabama (Detachment)
December 31, 1864Russellsville (Detachment)
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 Blakely
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

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.

See also

References
  • Dryer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Des Moines: Dyer Publishing Co. 1908.
  • Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 3, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1866
  • Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 7, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1867
  • "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing Company, 1908 - Volume 3
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