The 10th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry was an infantry

Infantry

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 regiment

Regiment

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 that served in the Union Army

Union Army

The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...

 during the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

. It was originally recruited and designated as the 1st Middle Tennessee Infantry, largely from Irish-Americans

Irish-Americans in the American Civil War

Due to the number of Irish immigrants to the Industrial Revolution-era United States, Irish-American participation in the American Civil War was commonplace.- Pre-1861 Irish immigration :...

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Service

The 10th Tennessee Infantry was organized at Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

 from May until August 1862, and mustered in for a three year enlistment under the command of Colonel

Colonel (United States)

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 Alvan Cullem Gillem

Alvan Cullem Gillem

Alvan Cullem Gillem was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Although Southern-born, he remained loyal to the Federal government and fought in several battles in the Western Theater before commanding occupation troops in Mississippi and Arkansas during Reconstruction...

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The regiment was attached to Post and District of Nashville, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to June 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps, Department of the Cumberland, to September 1863. Defenses of Nashville & Northwestern Railroad to January 1864. 1st Brigade, Defenses of Nashville, Tennessee, January 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, XXII Corps, Department of the Cumberland, to April 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, XX Corps, Department of the Cumberland, to April 1865. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, to June 1865.

The 10th Tennessee Infantry mustered out of service at Nashville, Tennessee April 2-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.

See also

• List of Tennessee Civil War units
• Tennessee in the Civil War
  Tennessee in the Civil War
  To a large extent, the American Civil War was fought in cities and farms of Tennessee; only Virginia saw more battles. Tennessee was the last of the Southern states to declare secession from the Union, but saw more than its share of the devastation resulting from years of warring armies...