10th Vermont Infantry Regiment

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10th Vermont Infantry Regiment
Flag of Vermont (1837-1923).svg
ActiveSeptember 1, 1862, to June 22, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Size1,304
Engagements

The 10th Vermont Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. [1]

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Service

The 10th Vermont Infantry was organized at Brattleboro, Vermont, and mustered in for three years service on September 1, 1862, under the command of Colonel Albert Burton Jewett.

The regiment was attached to Grover's Brigade, Military District of Washington, until February 1863, Jewett's Brigade, Provisional Division, XXII Corps, Dept. of Washington, until June 1863, French's Command, VIII Corps, Middle Department, until July 1863, 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, III Corps, Army of the Potomac, until March 1864, and 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, VI Corps, Army of the Potomac and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, until June 1865. [2]

The 10th Vermont Infantry was mustered out of service at Washington, D.C., on June 22, 1865. Afterwards, recruits were transferred to the 5th Vermont Infantry. [3] [4] [5]

Detailed service record

The timeline of the 10th Vermont Infantry service included: [6]

Monument erected by the State of Vermont to designate the position of the Tenth Vermont Infantry during the battle fought here on the ninth day of July 1864. Vermont Monument & Thomas Barn.jpg
Monument erected by the State of Vermont to designate the position of the Tenth Vermont Infantry during the battle fought here on the ninth day of July 1864.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 352 men during service; 9 officers and 140 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded and 203 enlisted men died of disease. [7]

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Notable members

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