10th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment

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10th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment
Active	September 4, 1862 – June 21, 1865
Country	United States of America
Allegiance	New Hampshire & Union
Type	Volunteer infantry
Engagements	Battle of Fredericksburg Peninsula Campaign Battle of Drewry's Bluff Bermuda Hundred Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg Fort Harrison Battle of Fair Oaks
Commanders
Notable commanders	John Coughlin

The 10th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment was a Union Army infantry regiment that participated in the American Civil War. It was raised in the New England state of New Hampshire, serving from September 4, 1862, to June 21, 1865.

On September 4, 1862, the regiment was organized and mustered in at Manchester, New Hampshire. Among its notable officers was John Coughlin, a recipient of the Medal of Honor.

From September 22 to 25, 1862, the 10th moved to Washington, D.C., on September 30 to Frederick, Maryland, on October 4 to Sandy Hook, Md., and finally to Pleasant Valley on October 6. There it was attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac until April 1863. From then, its assignments were:

1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1863.
3rd Brigade, Getty's Division, United States Forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Dept. of Virginia, to April 1864.
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina to December 1864.
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to June 1865.

The regiment lost during its term of service 7 officers and 54 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded, and 1 officer and 133 enlisted men by disease, for a total of 195 fatalities.