UNION WEST VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS
10th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
- Overview:
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Organized at Camp Pickens, Canaan, Glenville, Clarksville,
Sutton, Phillippi and Piedmont March 12 to May 18, 1862.
Attached to Cheat Mountain District, Mountain Department, to May,
1862. Railroad District, Mountain Department, to July, 1862.
Railroad District, 8th Corps, Middle Department, to September,
1862. Railroad Division, West Virginia, to January, 1863.
Milroy's Command, Winchester, Va., 8th Army Corps, to February,
1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps, to March, 1863.
Averill's 4th Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, Middle
Department, to June, 1863. Averill's 4th Separate Brigade, Dept.
West Virginia, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division,
West Virginia, to April, 1864. Kelly's Command, Reserve
Division, West Virginia, to July, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st
Division, West Virginia, July, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry
Division, West Virginia, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade,
Independent Division, 24th Army Corps, Army of the James, to
June, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Independent Division, 24th Army Corps,
to August, 1865.
- Service:
- At Monterey April, 1862. Assigned to railroad guard
duty in Railroad District, District of West Virginia, till
January, 1863; at Beverly, Bulltown, Martinsburg, etc.
Expedition from Summerville to Addison April 17-21, 1862.
Skirmish at Holly River, W. Va., April 17. Mung's Flats June 25.
Buckhannon August 30. Sutton September 23. Big Birch October 6.
Wardensville December 22. At Winchester, Va., January, 1863. At
Beverly May, 1863. Scout to Beverly June 16. Action at Beverly
July 2-3. At Martinsburg August, 1863. Averill's Raid through
Hardy, Pendleton, Bath, Highland, Greenbrier and Pocahontas
Counties August 5-31. Rocky Gap near White Sulphur Springs
August 26-27. Sutton August 26 (Cos. "G," "I"). Bell's Mills
and on Elk River August 27 (Detachment). Bulltown, Braxton
County, October 13. Averill's Raid against Lewisburg and the
Virginia & Tennessee Railroad November 1-17. Mill Point November
5. Droop Mountain
November 6. Hillsboro November 10. At Beverly till May, 1864;
scouting Counties of Randolph, Tucker, Pocahontas, Greenbrier,
Braxton, Highland, Pendleton and Webster. Cheat River December
6, 1863. Moorefield Junction January 3, 1864. Scout from
Beverly through Pocahontas, Webster and Braxton Counties May
15-30. Leetown July 3. Maryland Heights, Md., July 6-7.
Operations about Harper's Ferry July 10. Snicker's Ferry July
17-18. Kernstown,
Winchester, July 23-24. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign
August 6 to November 28. Strasburg and Massametton Mountain
August 16. Winchester August 17. Battle of Opequan, Winchester,
September 19. Fisher's Hill
September 22. Cedar Creek October 13. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty
in Shenandoah Valley till December. Moved to Washington, D. C.,
December 19-20, thence to Bermuda Hundred December 20-23. Duty
in the trenches north of James River till March, 1865.
Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Moved to front of
Petersburg March 28-29.
Hatcher's Run March 30-31, and April 1. Assault on and fall
of Petersburg April 2.
Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Rice's Station April 6. Appomattox Court House April 9.
Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Lynchburg April 12-15.
March to Farmville and Burkesville April 15-19, thence to
Richmond April 22-25. Duty near Richmond till August. Mustered
out August 9, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 93 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 144 Enlisted men
by disease. Total 241.
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