10th Cavalry Regiment was organized with about 900 men during the late summer of 1861.
Many of its members were recruited in the towns of Quitman and Tyler, and the counties of
Upshur, Rusk, and Cherokee. For the first few months it served in Texas, Arkansas, and
Louisiana, then was dismounted after crossing the Mississippi River. After fighting at Richmond, the unit was assigned to
General Ector's Brigade in the Army of Tennessee. It participated in numerous battles from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, endured Hood's winter
operations in Tennessee, and aided in the defense of Mobile. This regiment totalled 565 effectives
during the spring of 1862 and lost thirty-four percent of the 350 engaged at Murfreesboro. Very
few surrendered on May 4, 1865. The field officers were Colonels James M. Barton and W.D.
Craig, and Majors Wiley B. Ector and Hulum D. E. Redwine.
