Served in Company H, 10th Inf. Old, Mississippi as Pvt
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Unit Details:
10th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in April, 1861, at Jackson, Mississippi.
Its members were recruited in the counties of Adams, Claiborne, Lowndes, Itawamba, Warren,
Marshall, Madison, and Yazoo. After serving in Florida and fighting at Shiloh, it saw action in Kentucky. Later the
unit was assigned to General J.P. Anderson's, Tucker's, and Sharp's Brigade, Army of
Tennessee. It took an active part in the campaigns of the army from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, was with Hood in Tennessee, and
ended the war in North Carolina. This regiment took 360 men to Shiloh and lost 13 killed and 95
wounded at Munfordville and 8
killed, 70 wounded, and 6 missing at Murfreesboro. For a time it was consolidated with the 44th
Regiment and in December, 1863, totalled 476 men and 308 arms. Few surrendered on April 26,
1865. The field officers were Colonels James Barr, Jr., Seaborne M. Phillips, Robert A. Smith,
and James M. Walker; Lieutenant Colonels J.G. Bullard, Joseph R. Davis, and George B. Myers;
and Majors James M. Dotson and Edward H. Gregory.
