Tenth Michigan Cavalry

Tenth Michigan Cavalry

The rendezvous of the Tenth Michigan Cavalry was at Grand Rapids. It was raised under the direction of Colonel Thaddeus Foote of the Sixth Michigan Cavalry. The recruitment began 4 July 1863 and it was mustered into the service of the United States on the 18^th November following having on its rolls nine hundred twelve officers and men.

The regiment left Grand Rapids 1 December 1863 in command of Colonel Foote, under orders to proceed to the field of Kentucky via Cincinnati to Lexington, where it remained until the 25^th of January 1864, when it moved to Burnside Point, having engaged the enemy at House Mountain.

It remained at Burnside Point from the second to the 25^th of February, when it marched for Knoxville, East Tennessee, reaching there March 6^th and then marched on the 16^th to Morristown to Strawberry Plains. On 26^th March, it made a reconnaissance with a brigade of infantry to Bean’s Station and had a slight skirmish with the enemy.

On the 24^th of April the regiment moved from that point under orders from General J. D. Cox, commanding the Third Divison, Twenty-Third Army Corps to destroy a railroad bridge over the Watauga river at Carter’s Station. Having skirmished with the enemy at Rheatown on the 24^th, at Jonesboro and Johnsonville on the 25^th reaching Carter’s Station on that day, where in command of Lt. Colonel Trowbridge together with the Third Indiana Cavalry, supported if necessary by Manson’s brigade of Cox’s Division, which marched up as far as Jonesboro, twelve miles from Carter’s Station, the enemy was discovered in strong force and in a well fortified position, and the assault was at once commenced.

The bridge was defended by General A. E. Jackson with a strong force occupying a strong redoubt with extensive and well constructed rifle pits. The Union force had one mountain howitzer, commanded by Lt. E. J. Brooks, but owing to a limited amount of ammunition he was unable to accomplish much but made some remarkable telling shots. It was soon ascertained that there was no possible way of reaching the bridge without first dislodging the enemy from their strong position, and this had to be accomplished at much risk by passing over perfectly open ground for a distance of over two hundred yards, swept by a very sharp and hot cross fire from the opposite side of the river. Colonel Trowbridge decided to make an attempt, dismounting one third of his men and ordered them to advance upon the enemies position at double quick, when they gave way in great disorder, leaving their works and taking shelter in a large mill near at hand. This fight was a success with the understanding that it was fought with dismounted men, undisciplined and new in this business.

This regiment took part in fifty-six battles and minor actions during its term on the field. Entering the action on House Mountain, Tennessee and leaving after the affair of Newton, NC, it arrived at Jackson, MI for disbanding on 15 November 1865.

NAME	RANK	CO	DIED	CEMETERY
Anderson, Charles	Cpl	E	Died	Englishville Cem., Alpine Tp.
Anderson, William	Pvt	D
Barr, Robert G.	Lieut	E
Beckwith, Edgar L.	Pvt	H
Beckwith, George H.	Pvt	H
Berry, George	Pvt	E
Bigelow, Charles L.	Pvt	I
Bishop, George S.	Pvt	H
Blakely, Egbert	Cpl	E
Boynton, Jeremiah W.	Lieut	M	Died	Fulton St. Cem. 2--10
Brown, Lorenzo	Cpl	E
Burdi, Joseph	Pvt	C
Bush, William H.	Pvt	F
Butler, James	Cpl	M
Callahan, James O.	Pvt	E
Camp, John	Pvt	A	Died	N.O.H. 6--18
Carlton, Nelson	Cpl	E
Carlton, William	Bigler	M
Clark, Daniel	Pvt	M
Coffee, William H.	Pvt	E
Cole, Edward O.	Pvt	E
Collar, Abram	Pvt	M M
Covell, Elliott F.	Capt	L	Died	Fulton St. Cem., 1--17
Covell, Henry L.	Lieut	C	24 Jul 1894	Fulton St. Cem., 1--17
Crampton, Charles	Artificer	E
Crissman, Amos	Cpl	M	Died	Livingston Cem., Plainfield Tp.
Cronkite, Henry M.	Regt. QM Sgt	E
Davis, Daniel	Pvt	E
Davis, Miner	Pvt	E	Died	Oak Grove Cem., 2--13
Delaney, Patrick C.	Pvt	E
Dodge, Don A.	Lieut & Comm		Died	Fulton St. Cem., 11-9
Douglas, James	Pvt	I
Drew, Frank E.	Pvt	C
Durham, Andrew T.	Cpl	C
Edie, Samuel N.	Lieut	C	7 Sep 1900
Edwards, Hiram P.	Pvt	C
Elkins, Augustus W.	Pvt	C
Ellis, John	Pvt	C
Ellison, John W.	Cpl	E
Emens, David R.	Pvt	H
Evans, William	Pvt	L
Fields, Frederick N.	Lieut	D
Fish, Samuel	Pvt	F
Fisk, Whitney E.	Pvt	E
Foote, Thaddeus	Col		3 Feb 1903	Fulton St. Cem., 15--8
Fox, William H.	Pvt	H	Died	M.S.H. 6-12-4
Free, William H.	Pvt	H
Gibbs, Alfred O.	Pvt	L
Gould, Jonathan B.	Pvt	F
Green, Jonathan	Farrier	M
Hall, George W.	Pvt	D
Hamilton, Amos H.	Pvt	E	Died	Winegar Cem., Byron Tp.
Hartman, Charles S.	Hosp. Steward		18 Apr 1870	Fulton ST. Cem., 2--3
Hildreth, Cyrus C.	Pvt	C	Died	Grandville Cem.,Wyoming Tp.
Holden, William W.	Pvt	C
Holt, Samuel A.	Wagoner	L	Died	Greenwood Cem., E-12
Howell, Joshua J.	Pvt	I
Irwin, Jared	Saddler	A
June, James H.	Pvt	E	20 Dec 1935	Fairplains Cem., H-191
June, William M.	Pvt	M
Kennedy, Alonzo	Pvt	H
Lamberton, John	Pvt	I
Light, DeWitt C.	Pvt	E
Long, Henry	Pvt	E
Lovell, Joseph B.	Pvt	H
Luce, Hiram C.	Hosp. Steward
McCormick, Daniel A.	Pvt	L	Died - 1905	Fairplains Cem., 2--51
Middlemist, Joseph	Pvt	C
Miller, Nelson	Pvt	E
Minor, Caleb	Sgt	M
Moore, John R.	Pvt	D
Nelson, Peter	Cpl	M
Nestell, Lyman D.	Pvt	D
Newton, Gifford	Pvt	M
Norton, James T.	Pvt	E
Norton, John	Pvt	E
Orlop, John H.	Pvt	L	Died	Cascade Cem., Cascade Tp.
Packard, John	Pvt	D
Page, Enos	Pvt	G	Died	Fairplains Cem., T--24
Palmer, Walter A.	Lieut	B	22 Feb 1899	Fulton St. Cem., 11-3
Parker, Ernest L.	Pvt	F
Paterson, Franklin	Pvt	E	Died	Cascade Cem., Cascade Tp.
Phillips, Martin	Pvt	E
Pierce, Warren S.	Pvt	C
Reed, Lemuel	Wagoner	M
Rist, Josiah	Pvt	I
Rogers, Frederick	Pvt	H	Died	Oakwood Cem., Kent Co.
Rowland, William A.	Pvt	E
Schrader, William	Pvt	A
Shepard, Casey P.	Pvt	M	Died	Bailey Cem., Caledonia Tp.
Sherman, Franklin B.	Capt.	F
Sisco, Charles E.	Pvt	D
Smith, Harmon B.	Pvt	D
Smith, Isreal C.	Col		27 Jan 1899	S.O.H. O--26
Smith, James L.	Capt	M	Died	Rockford, MI
Smith, James M.	Pvt	I
Sparks, Albertus	Pvt	M
Spaulding, Miner	Sgt	E
Stanley, John	Pvt	D
Stenson, Washington	Sgt	L
Taylor, Oliver M.	Lt. & Qtmr
Trill, Samuel	Sgt	E	Died	East Nelson Cem., Nelson Tp.
VanOrden, Jonathan H.	Cpl	L
VanStratt, Martin	Pvt	D	Died	Grandville Cem., Wyoming Tp.
Wheeler, Edmund A.	Pvt	I
White, George	Pvt	M
Whitney, Charles J.	Pvt	M
Wild, John	Lieut	F
Williams, George B.	Pvt	I
Williams, Jesse B.	Pvt	C
Williams, John J.	Pvt	E	Died	M.S.H., 4-10-52
Williams, Lewis	Pvt	I	Died	Englishville Cem., Alpine Tp.
Williams, Sidney O.	Pvt	C	31 Jan 1895	Winchester Cem., Byron Tp.
Wilson, William P.	Cpl	H
Woodman, Heil	Pvt	C
Worden, Adelbert E.	Pvt	E
Wyle, George P.	Pvt	A
Young, Wesley	Sgt	D

Transcriber: ES
Created: 16 February 2006