10th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (Union)
# 10th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (Union)

The 10th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

## Service

The 10th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment was organized at Covington, Lexington, and Crab Orchard, Kentucky, from September 8 through November 11, 1862. It mustered in for one year under the command of Colonel Joshua Tevis.

| Attached to | Dates |
| - | - |
| Cavalry, 1st Division, Army of Kentucky, Department of the Ohio | to November 1862 |
| Unattached, Army of Kentucky | November 1862 |
| District of Central Kentucky, Department of the Ohio | to April 1863 |
| 2nd Brigade, District Central Kentucky, Department of the Ohio | to June 1863 |
| 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, XXIII Corps, Department of the Ohio | to July 1863 |
| 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XXIII Corps | to August 1863 |
| Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, 1st Division, XXIII Corps | to September 1863 |
| 2nd Battalion Only ||
| District of Eastern Kentucky | to June 1863 |
| 1st Brigade, 4th Division, XXIII Corps | to August 1863 |

The 10th Kentucky Cavalry mustered out of service on September 17, 1863.

## Detailed service

| Dates | Actions or events |
| - | - |
| 1862 | |
| until September | Duty about Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, and in the District of Central Kentucky, scouting and operating against guerrillas and protecting that part of the state |
| September 8 | Skirmish near Florence, Kentucky |
| December 24 to January 1, 1863 | Expedition to eastern Tennessee |
| December 28 | Parker's Mills, on Elk Fork |
| 1863 | |
| February 18-March 5 | Operations against Cluke's forces |
| February 22 | Coomb's Ferry |
| February 24 | Slate Creek, near Mt. Sterling, and Stoner's Bridge |
| March 2 | Slate Creek, near Mt. Sterling |
| March 22-April 1 | Operations against Pegram |
| March 22 | Mt. Sterling |
| June 13–23 | Operations against Everett's Raid in eastern Kentucky |
| June 16 | Triplett's Bridge, Flemming County |
| July 25-August 6 | Operations against Scott's forces |
| July 28 | Richmond |
| July 31-August 1 | Lancaster and Paint Creek Bridge |
| August 1 | Smith's Shoals, Cumberland River |
| until September | Duty at Mt. Sterling (2nd Battalion served detached in District of Eastern Kentucky) |
| July 3–11 | Expedition from Beaver Creek into Southwest Virginia |
| July 7 | Gladesville, Virginia |

## Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 75 men during service; 13 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 61 enlisted men died of disease.

## Commanders

* Colonel Joshua Tevis
* Colonel Charles J. Walker

## Notable members

* Private William Louis Marshall, Company A - brigadier general & Chief of Engineers (1908–1910)
