10th Texas Cavalry Regiment

10th Texas Cavalry Regiment
	The standard of the 10th Texas Cavalry Regiment
Active	October 1861 – 4 May 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Confederate States of America, Texas
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Cavalry, Infantry
Size	Regiment
Equipment	Rifled musket
Engagements	American Civil War Siege of Corinth (1862); Battle of Richmond (1862); Battle of Stones River (1862–63); Battle of Chickamauga (1863); Meridian campaign (1864); Atlanta campaign (1864); Battle of Nashville (1864); Battle of Spanish Fort (1865); Battle of Fort Blakeley (1865); ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Matthew Fielding Locke

The 10th Texas Cavalry Regiment was a unit of mounted volunteers in the Confederate States Army which fought during the American Civil War. The regiment mustered as cavalry in October 1861 but were dismounted in April 1862 and served as infantry for the rest of the war. The regiment was present at the Siege of Corinth, and fought at Richmond, Ky., Stones River, and Chickamauga in 1862–1863, in the Meridian and Atlanta campaigns and at Nashville in 1864, and at Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley in 1865. The remaining 65 members of the regiment surrendered to Federal forces on 4 May 1865.

References

"The Battle of Richmond, August 29–30, 1862". American Battlefield Trust. 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. 3. Secaucus, N.J.: Castle. 1987a [1883]. ISBN 0-89009-571-X.
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. 4. Secaucus, N.J.: Castle. 1987b [1883]. ISBN 0-89009-572-8.
Boatner, Mark M. III (1959). The Civil War Dictionary. New York, N.Y.: David McKay Company Inc. ISBN 0-679-50013-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Cozzens, Peter (1991). No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-06229-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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Hamilton, Matthew K.: TENTH TEXAS CAVALRY from the Handbook of Texas Online (April 9, 2011). Retrieved March 30, 2020.
Niemeyer, Stephanie Piefer: LOCKE, MATTHEW F. from the Handbook of Texas Online (April 26, 2011). Retrieved March 30, 2020.
Stroud, David V.: ECTOR'S BRIGADE from the Handbook of Texas Online (April 9, 2011). Retrieved March 30, 2020.

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