The 10th Minnesota Infantry Regiment was a Minnesota USV infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service The 10th Minnesota Infantry Regiment was recruited into Federal service at Garden City, Winnebago Agency, Fort Snelling and St. Paul, Minnesota, between August 12 and November 15, 1862. +Original Organization of Regiment in 1862.CompanyPrimary Place of RecruitmentEarliest CaptainASteele CountyRufus Carver AmblerBDodge CountyAlonzo J. EdgertonCWabasha CountyCharles Wesley HackettDGoodhue CountyWilliam Wallace PhelpsEFreeborn CountyJames A. Robson†FWaseca County and Houston CountyGeorge Thomas WhiteGLe Sueur CountyEdwin C. SandersHRamsey County, Rice County, and Dakota CountyMichael H. SullivanISibley CountyMartin J. SeveranceKHennepin County and Ramsey CountyMichael J. O'Connor Company I was formed in January 1863 with men from the deactivated Renville Rangers Militia. Future companies of the regiment such as the Le Seur Tigers fought at New Ulm. They were heavily involved the military actions of 1862 prior to joining the 10th.10th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Battle Unit Details, Union Minnesota Volunteers, National Park Service, Department of the Interior website A Company had men at both the Battle of Birch Coulee and the Battle of Wood Lake. A detachment under Captain Richard Strout first fought at the Battle of Acton and Attack on Hutchinson. This unit would later become Company B of the 9th Minnesota Infantry. Companies G & I were later posted at Fort Ridgely. In December Companies A, B, F, G, H, and K were guards at the execution of 38 Santee Sioux in Mankato. Companies D, E, and H of the 9th Minnesota were there too. The Regiment was part of Gen. Sibleys force at the Battle of Big Mound, Battle of Buffalo Lake, and the Battle of Stony Lake. On May 4, 1863, Company G boarded the riverboat Davenport at Fort Snelling as the escort of the first eastern Dakota to leave the Pike island encampment. The Davenport and the G Company made three trips south with Native Americans.Minnesota History Magazine Vol 38, Issue # 8, December 1963, Minnesota Historical Society, 345 W Kellogg, St Paul, MN [v38i08p353-364.pdf] Afterwards the Regiment was sent south to the District of St. Louis. From there they joined the 1st Brigade, 1st Division Army of Tennessee and later the 16th Army Corps in west Mississippi. The 10th Minnesota Infantry was mustered out on August 18, 1865.
Casualties The 10th Minnesota Infantry suffered 2 officers and 35 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, while 4 officers and 111 enlisted died of disease, for 152 fatalities total.
Commanders
Colonel James H. Baker: August 12, 1862 - August 28, 1865 Lieutenant Colonel Samuel P. Jennison: August 12, 1862 - August 28, 1865 Major Michael Cook: August 15, 1862 - December 27, 1864
Notable people
Alonzo J. Edgerton: Served as the Captain of Company B. Edgerton was later transferred to command the 67th United States Colored Infantry Regiment. William Wallace Phelps: Served as the Captain of Company D. Phelps was a notable Minnesota Congressman and lawyer who lived in Goodhue County.
References
External links The Civil War Archive
Minnesota Historical Society page on Minnesota and the Civil War
See also List of Minnesota Civil War Units 9th Minnesota Infantry Regiment