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10th
TENNESSEE CAVALRY REGIMENT
Organized
February 25, 1863 by consolidation of Cox's and
Napier's Battalions (q.v.); consolidated with 11th Tennessee Cavalry
Regiment
February, 1865; paroled as part of the loth/lith Consolidated Tennessee
Cavalry
Regiment at Gainesville, Alabama, May 1865.
FIELD
OFFICERS
Colonels-Nicholas
N. Cox, William E. DeMoss
Lieutenant
Colonels-Edward B. Trezevant, William E. DeMoss
Majors-William
E. DeMoss, John Minor
CAPTAINS-W.
H. Bass, 1st Co. "A". Formerly
"A", Cox's Battalion. Men from Perry and Humphreys Counties.
Consolidated with 1st Co. "K" to form 2nd Co. "A".
William H.
Lewis, Co. "B". Formerly "B",
Cox's Battalion. Men from Perry County.
Willis H.
Whitwell, Co. "C". Formerly "C",
Cox's Battalion. Men from Decatur and Hickman Counties.
William I.
Robinson, Co. "D". Formerly Co.
"A", Napier's Battalion. Men from Davidson County.
John Minor,
Charles W. Tyler, Harmon F. Johnson, Co.
"E". Formerly Co. "B", Napier's Battalion. From Montgomery
County. Some men from this company were paroled at Fort Donelson May
13, 1865;
some at Gainesville, Alabama.
W. W. Hobbs,
Co. "F". Formerly Co. "C",
Napier's Battalion. Men from Humphreys County.
Thomas S.
Easley, W. G. McAuley, Co. "G". Formerly Co.
"D", Napier's Battalion. Men from Hickman County.
B. G.
Rickman, Co. "H". Formerly Co. "D",
Cox's Battalion. Men from Perry County.
D. F.
Alexander, Thomas L. Fletcher, 1st Co. "I".
Formerly "E", Napier's Battalion. Many men from Henry County.
Consolidated with "L" to form 2nd Co. I.
S. D. H.
Whitfield, 1st Co. "K". Formerly Co.
"E", Cox's Battalion. Men from Humphreys and Perry Counties.
Consolidated with 1st Co. "A" to form 2nd Co. "A".
J. B. Algre,
T. M. Hutchison (or Hutchinson) (Hutcherson) 2nd
Co. "K". Organized September, 1862; joined regiment April 9, 1863.
Men from Humphreys County. Some men from Henry County.
John Huggans,
Co. "L". No muster roll. Enlistments at
Palestine, Alabama. Consolidated with 1st Co. "I" to form 2nd Co.
"I".
S.D. H.
Whitfield, W. I. Halt 2nd Co. "A". Formed June
15, 1863 by consolidation of 1st "A" and 1st "K".
Thomas L.
Fletcher, Clinton Aden, 2nd Co. "I". A
consolidation of 1st Co. "I" and Co.
No muster
rolls as of the regimental organization were found for
1st Co. "A", 1st Co. "K", 1st Co. "I", nor Co.
"L". The information given is from muster rolls of the consolidated
companies.
Of the
original field officers, Colonel Cox resigned December
23, 1863; Lieutenant Colonel Trezevant was killed March 5, 1863; and
Major
DeMoss became first lieutenant colonel, and finally colonel. Captain
John Minor
succeeded him as major. Colonel Cox had originally been major of the
2nd
(Billie's) Cavalry Battalion, then major of Cox's Battalion. He had
been
captured at Parker's Crossroads December 31, 1862, and was still a
prisoner at
the time the regiment was organized, but assumed command upon being
exchanged.
The regiment
was placed in Forrest's Brigade, of Major General
Earl Van Dorn's Division. Other members of the brigade were Edmondson's
11th,
Stames' 4th, and Billie's 9th Regiments. Under Lieutenant Colonel
Trezevant,
the regiment took part in the attack on Thompson Station on March 5,
1863, and
here Trezevant was mortally wounded. Under Major DeMoss the regiment
was
temporarily attached to Brigadier General F. C. Armstrong's Brigade and
as part
of this brigade took part in General Forrest's capture of Brentwood on
March
25, suffering 23 casualties. A Federal report dated April 13 told of
the
capture of 17 men, including Captain Lealer (?),of the 10th Regiment
near Fort
Donelson. There was no Captain Lealer in the regiment, but this could
have been
Tyler, and these may have been the men paroled at Fort Donelson in
1865. On
June 10, a Federal report placed the regiment at Okolona, Mississippi
and
another Federal report spoke of an engagement on July 13 near Denmark,
Tennessee!
, in which
the regiment was engaged.
On July 31,
1863, Colonel Cox was in command of a brigade in
Forrest's Division, composed of 4th (McLemore's), 8th or 13th
(Dibrells), 9th
or 10th (Biffle's) the lOth and 11th Tennessee Cavalry Regiments. He
and
Colonel George G. Dibrell alternated as brigade commander during
August. At
Chickamauga, September 19-20, Colonel Dibrell was in command of the
brigade
which had been increased by the addition of Shaw's Battalion, Allison's
Cavalry
Squadron, and Huggins' Battery. At this time the brigade was in
Brigadier
General F. C. Armstrong's Division, of Forrest's Corps.
Following
this battle, a brigade composed of Baxter Smith's,
McKenzie's, Dibrell's, Biffle's and Cox's Regiments was placed in
Armstrong's
Division, and moved with Lieutenant General James Longstreet into East
Tennessee, and remained there until the last of March, 1864. On
December 10,
the brigade was commanded by Brigadier General W. Y. C. flumes, and
McLemore's
4th had replaced Baxter Smith's Regiment. On December 31, Colonel I. B.
Billie
was reported in command of the brigade, to which the 11th (Holman's)
had been
added.
On April 30,
the brigade, with the same members, was reported as
commanded by Colonel George G. Dibrell, in Brigadier General John H.
Kelly's
Division, of General wheeler's Corps, with the Army of Tennessee near
Dalton,
Georgia. As part of Dibrell's Brigade the regiment participated in the
campaign
from Dalton to Atlanta, Georgia in the spring and early summer of 1864.
Lieutenant Colonel DeMoss was captured during this campaign.
Engagements
mentioned were at Resaca, New Hope Church, Chattahoochee River, and
Peach Tree Creek.
Late in
August, the regiment took part in the great raid made by
General Wheeler's Cavalry Corps into Tennessee to disrupt General
Sherman's
railroad communications, going first into East Tennessee, then across
the
Cumberland Mountains into Middle Tennessee, and recrossing the
Tennessee River
into Alabama.
Near the
close of this raid, Billie's and Cox's Regiments, with
the latter now commanded by Major John Minor, were furloughed to return
to
their homes to recruit, with orders to report to Major General Forrest
in North
Mississippi. The two regiments, under Colonel Billie, were reported in
Brigadier General I. R. Chalmers' Division at Florence, Alabama on
November
17th, and took part in General Forrests operations in connection with
General Hood's
invasion of Tennessee in November and December 1864, culminating in the
Battles
of Franklin and Nashville.
On January 4,
1865, General Forrest directed General Chalmers to
return to their regiments all detachments whose regiments were then in
Georgia,
but to retain Billie's and Cox's regiments in his command. On January
19,
Forrest ordered Biffle's and Cox's regiments consolidated under the
senior
officer; and the 4th (McLemore's) and the 11th Tennessee consolidated
under the
cornmand of Colonel Holman. However, on the next day, the orders were
changed,
and Chalmers was instructed: "You will retain Holman's, DeMoss's,
Biffie's
and Russell's Regiments, and send Wheeler's, McLemore's and all other
parts of
regiments and detachments whose commands may be in Georgia."
On February
13, 1865, Brigadier General W. H. Jackson was
instructed to consolidate all the Tennessee troops into six regiments,
to form
two brigades. As a result of this order the 10th (DeMoss's) and 11th
(Holman's)
were consolidated under the command of Colonel Holman. On May 3, 1865,
Brigadier General Tyree H. Bell's brigade of Jackson's Division was
reported as
composed of Biffie's 9th (19th), 10/11th Consolidated, Newman's and
RusselUs
Consolidated, Bartean's and Wilson's Consolidated. The loth and 11th
Consolidated reported 30 officers, 280 men present for duty, aggregate
present
355, aggregate present and absent 592, and was paroled at Gainesville,
Alabama.
This unit
history was extracted from Tennesseans in the Civil
War, Vol 1. Copyrighted © 1964 by the "Civil War Centennial Commission
of
Tennessee" and is published here with their permission. This history
may
not be republished for any reason without the written permission of the
copyright owner.
This page last updated November 2003
Copyright 2003 by Jackie Wood