10th Regiment Indiana Cavalry

10th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry (125th Indiana Regiment)
Flag of the United States, 1863–1865
Active	December 30, 1863, to August 31, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Cavalry
Engagements	Battle of Decatur Third Battle of Murfreesboro

The 10th Regiment Indiana Cavalry, also designated the 125th Indiana Regiment, was a Cavalry Regiment raised in southern Indiana to fight in the American Civil War.

History

The 10th Regiment Indiana Cavalry was organized at Columbus and Vincennes, Indiana, in the winter of 1863 through the spring of 1864. In command of the Regiment was Colonel Thomas N. Pace. The Regimental Companies were:

Organization

Company A - Men primarily recruited from Posey and Vanderburgh counties
Company B - Men primarily recruited from Gibson, Knox, Posey and Vanderburgh counties
Company C - Men primarily recruited from Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings and Warren counties
Company D - Men primarily recruited from Switzerland County
Company E - Men primarily recruited from Clark County
Company F - Men primarily recruited from Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike, Vanderburgh and Warrick counties
Company G - Men primarily recruited from Dubois, Gibson, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick counties
Company H - Men primarily recruited from Jefferson County
Company I - Men primarily recruited from Monroe County
Company K - Men primarily recruited from Bartholomew, Gibson, and Posey counties
Company L - Men primarily recruited from Bartholomew, Jennings, and Lawrence counties
Company M - Men primarily recruited from Dubois, Pike, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick counties

Army Organization

Date	Organization
June 1864 through November 1864	Attached to the District of Northern Alabama Department of the Cumberland
November 1864 through March 1865	Attached to the 1st Brigade, 7th Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi
March 1865 through May 1865	Attached to the 2nd Brigade, Grierson's 1st Cavalry Division, Military Division West Mississippi
May 1865 through June 1865	Attached to the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Military Division West Mississippi
June 1865 through August 1865	Attached to the District of Vicksburg, Mississippi, Military Division of the Mississippi

Time Line

Once the Regiment was moved into Pulaski, Tennessee, the 10th Indiana Cavalry Regiment was broken up into detachments for a variety of missions.

Date	Battle or Engagement of Service
June 1 – November 26, 1864	Duty at Pulaski, Tennessee, and Decatur, Alabama, guarding Northern Alabama Railroad by detachments
September 2, 1864	Action at Elk River
September 25, 1864	Sulphur Branch Trestle
September 26, 1864	Richland Creek, near Pulaski, Tennessee
September 26 – 27, 1864	Repulse of Forest's attack on Pulaski, Tennessee
October 1–2, 1864	Athens, Tennessee
October 26 – 29, 1864	Murfreesboro, Tennessee
November 26, 1864	Moved to Nashville, Tennessee
December 1, 1864	A Detachment at Decatur, Alabama - Siege of Decatur
December 5 – 17, 1864	A Detachment moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and participated in the Siege of Murfreesboro
December 5–8, 1864	"The Cedars"
December 13 – 14, 1864	Owen's Cross Roads
December 15 – 16, 1864	Battle of Nashville, Tennessee
December 17 – 28, 1864	Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River
December 17, 1864	Franklin and Hollow Tree Gap
December 25 – 26, 1864	Sugar Creek, Pulaski
December 27 – 28, 1864	Decatur, Alabama (Detachment)
December 29, 1864	Pond Springs, Alabama (Detachment)
December 31, 1864	Russellsville (Detachment)
February, 1865	Detachments brought together
February 12 – March 22, 1865	Moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi; then to New Orleans, Louisiana, and to Mobile Bay, Alabama
March 22 – April 12, 1865	Campaign against Mobile and its defenses
March 26 – April 9, 1865	Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely
April 12, 1865	Capture of Mobile, Alabama
April 13 – 20, 1865	March to Montgomery, Alabama
June – August 1865	March to Columbus and Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Provost duty in Holmes and Attalla Counties
August 31, 1865	Mustered out at Vicksburg, Mississippi

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 20 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 157 Enlisted men by disease. Total 182.

References

Dryer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Des Moines: Dyer Publishing Co. 1908.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 3, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1866
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 7, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1867
"The Union Army" by Federal Publishing Company, 1908 - Volume 3

External links

Indiana Military Units in the Civil War
Heavy Artillery	1st Regiment
Light Artillery	1st Regiment 2nd Regiment 3rd Regiment 4th Regiment 5th Regiment 6th Regiment 7th Regiment 8th Regiment 9th Regiment 10th Regiment 11th Regiment 12th Regiment 13th Regiment 14th Regiment 15th Regiment 16th Regiment 17th Regiment 18th Regiment 19th Regiment 20th Regiment 21st Regiment 22nd Regiment 23rd Regiment 24th Regiment 25th Regiment 26th Regiment
Cavalry	1st Regiment 2nd Regiment 3rd Regiment 4th Regiment 5th Regiment 6th Regiment 7th Regiment 8th Regiment 9th Regiment 10th Regiment 11th Regiment 12th Regiment 13th Regiment Stewart's Company Bracken's Company Mounted Scouts (Independent Company)
Infantry (3 Month Enlistments)	6th Regiment) 7th Regiment 8th Regiment 9th Regiment 10th Regiment 11th Regiment 54th Regiment
Infantry (1 Year Enlistments)	12th Regiment 16th Regiment
Infantry	6th Regiment 7th Regiment 8th Regiment 9th Regiment 10th Regiment 11th Regiment 12th Regiment 13th Regiment 14th Regiment 15th Regiment 16th Regiment 17th Regiment 18th Regiment 19th Regiment 20th Regiment 21st Regiment 22nd Regiment 23rd Regiment 24th Regiment 25th Regiment 26th Regiment 27th Regiment 28th Regiment 29th Regiment 30th Regiment 31st Regiment 32nd Regiment 33rd Regiment 34th Regiment 35th Regiment 36th Regiment 37th Regiment 38th Regiment 39th Regiment 40th Regiment 41st Regiment 42nd Regiment 43rd Regiment 44th Regiment 45th Regiment 46th Regiment 47th Regiment 48th Regiment 49th Regiment 50th Regiment 51st Regiment 52nd Regiment 53rd Regiment 54th Regiment 55th Regiment 56th Regiment 57th Regiment 58th Regiment 59th Regiment 60th Regiment 61st Regiment 62nd Regiment 63rd Regiment 64th Regiment 65th Regiment 66th Regiment 67th Regiment 68th Regiment 69th Regiment 70th Regiment 71st Regiment 72nd Regiment 73rd Regiment 74th Regiment 75th Regiment 76th Regiment 77th Regiment 78th Regiment 79th Regiment 80th Regiment 81st Regiment 82nd Regiment 83rd Regiment 84th Regiment 85th Regiment 86th Regiment 87th Regiment 88th Regiment 89th Regiment 90th Regiment 91st Regiment 92nd Regiment 93rd Regiment 94th Regiment 95th Regiment 96th Regiment 97th Regiment 98th Regiment 99th Regiment 100th Regiment 101st Regiment 102nd Regiment 103rd Regiment 104th Regiment 105th Regiment 106th Regiment 107th Regiment 108th Regiment 109th Regiment 110th Regiment 111th Regiment 112th Regiment 113th Regiment 114th Regiment 115th Regiment 116th Regiment 117th Regiment 118th Regiment 119th Regiment 120th Regiment 121st Regiment 122nd Regiment 123rd Regiment 124th Regiment 125th Regiment 126th Regiment 127th Regiment 128th Regiment 129th Regiment 130th Regiment 131st Regiment 132nd Regiment 133rd Regiment 134th Regiment 135th Regiment 136th Regiment 137th Regiment 138th Regiment 139th Regiment 140th Regiment 141st Regiment 142nd Regiment 143rd Regiment 144th Regiment 145th Regiment 146th Regiment 147th Regiment 148th Regiment 149th Regiment 150th Regiment 151st Regiment 152nd Regiment 153rd Regiment 154th Regiment 155th Regiment 156th Regiment 157th Regiment 158th Regiment 159th Regiment
See also: Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State and List of Indiana Civil War regiments

Indiana in the American Civil War
People	William A. Bowles Jesse D. Bright Ambrose Burnside Harrison H. Dodd Alvin P. Hovey Andrew Humphreys Lambdin P. Milligan Oliver P. Morton Francis A. Shoup Lew Wallace Indiana regiments
Places	Camp Joe Holt Camp Morton Jefferson General Hospital Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot Military Park New Albany National Cemetery
Battles Raids	Battle of Corydon Battle of Pogue's Run Hines' Raid Morgan's Raid Newburgh Raid
See also: Indianapolis in the American Civil War

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