The 10th Regiment Indiana Cavalry, also designated the 125th Indiana Regiment, was a Cavalry Regiment raised in southern

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History

The 10th Regiment Indiana Cavalry was organized at

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, 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

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counties * Company D - Men primarily recruited from

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County * Company E - Men primarily recruited from

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County * Company F - Men primarily recruited from Daviess, Gibson, Knox,

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, 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

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County * Company K - Men primarily recruited from

, Gibson, and Posey counties * Company L - Men primarily recruited from

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, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick counties

Army Organization

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. 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

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