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10th Battalion, Georgia Infantry, United States Civil War

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Regiment: 10th Infantry Battalion Georgia
Date of Organization: 17 Mar 1862
Muster Date: 9 Apr 1865
Regiment State: Georgia
Regiment Type: Infantry
Regiment Number: 10th
Battles: Fought on
  • 5 May 1864 at Wilderness, VA.
  • 14 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
  • 24 May 1864 at North Anna River, VA.
  • 22 Jun 1864 at Weldon Railroad, VA.
  • 22 Jun 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
  • 22 Jun 1864 at Davis' Farm, VA.
  • 10 Aug 1864 at Deep Bottom, VA.
  • 16 Aug 1864 at Deep Bottom, VA.
  • 21 Aug 1864 at Weldon Railroad, VA.

Regiment History:

The Tenth Battalion of Georgia Volunteers were organized at Camp Stevens, located at Griffin, Georgia.[1] They were mustered into service on 17 March 1862 and Captain John E. Rylander was elected and promoted to Major.[1] The following companies were instituted:[1]

Company A, Macon County Guards, Macon County, Captain J. D. Frederick
Company B, Worth Rebels, Worth County, Captain Daniel Henderson
Company C, Zollicoffer Rifles, Sumter County, Captain B. F. Bell
Company D, Whittle Guards, Bibb County, Captain W. L. Jones

In July 1862, a fifth company was formed by order of Brigadier General Mercy, commanding Department of Georgia:[1]

Company E, Granberry Guards, Sumter County, Captain John L. Adderton

The unit remained at Camp Stevens until 14 May 1862, where they participated in drill practice overseen by Major Rylander.[1] They were then ordered to Macon, Georgia for guard duty. While there, they were in charge of several thousand prisoners confined at Camp Oglethorpe.[1] This was an arduous task and led to many soldiers falling ill due to sickness.[1] They were not relieved until all the prisoners had been exchanged at Richmond. On 15 December 1862 they were ordered to Virginia to join General Lee's army at Fredericksburg.[1]

They were attached to General G. T. Anderson's Brigage, General Hood's Division, Longstreet's Corps, when they arrived 27 December 1862.[1] They marched from Fredericksburg to Richmond on 17 February 1863, with the rest of the army. They suffered incredible hardships including five days of being exposed to a bitter Northern Virginia snowstorm without shelter of any kind.[1] They participated in the campaign against Suffolk, after which they were ordered to Fort Powhatan on the James River. They held this position for a couple of months until they were ordered to evacuate since there were plans by the enemy to take the fort by attacks from both land and sea by a superior force.[1] The battalion fell back to Petersburg. After sparring with the Blackwater line, the battalion was ordered to Franklin where it held the line for eight months against enemy incursions.[1]



with entire satisfaction to the commandment of
the department. About the 25th of April, 1864, it was ordered
to report to General Lee, at Orange Court House, Virginia.
Immediately upon its arrival at this place it was assigned to
the brigade of General A. R. Wright, Anderson's Division, A.
P. Hill's Corps. In connection with this division and
brigade, the Tenth Battalion participated more or less in all
the fierce battles and fatiguing marches of this memorable
campaign. It gained no little credit for itself, in the
desperate charge upon the fortified position of the enemy on
the 14th of May, at Spottsylvania Courthouse.
On the 2nd of June it had the misfortune to lose its most
efficient and gallant commanding officer, Major J. E.
Rylander, who was instantly killed at Cold Harbor or Gaines'
Mill, on that date. "He was one of Georgia's most noble and
worthy sons, and in this fall the battalion has sustained a
most serious loss." Upon his death the command developed upon
captain, now Major James D. Frederick.
On the 22nd and 23rd of June, near Petersburg, the battalion
suffered severely in battle, losing eighty-one men in killed
and wounded, out of two hundred engaged. Upon the battlefield
of the 22nd, the battalion was highly complimented by General
Wright for its dashing gallantry.
The battalion was not engaged, with all the balance of
Wright's Brigade (except the Second Georgia Battalion), in the
terrific battle of the 30th of July, it being on picket duty,
three-quarters of a mile in advance of the line of
entrenchments, and probably about two miles from the scene of
the explosion of Grant's mine, and the magnificent charge of
Wright's Brigade. That this little battalion deserves a great
deal of credit, there can be no doubt, as its list of killed
and wounded sufficiently attests, and it will be a matter of
wonder to many of the readers of this work, that they ever
managed to stand and be cut down as they were. The men were
unused to fire having been performing garrison duty almost
from the time of its organization until the battle of the 14th
of May, and could not be expected to bear themselves through
the fight like the old veterans of Lee's Army; but they did
stand, did fight and proved the efficiency of the noble
material of which it is composed. They have reflected great
credit upon their noble commander, who so "bravely fighting
fell" on the 2nd of June.
The present commander, Major Frederick, is a young man of
great promise, who will, with his noble battalion, yet win
fame in his country's service.

Sources

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Military: "U.S., American Civil War Regiments, 1861-1866", database, (Ancestry Record 3866 #604 : accessed 12 March 2023); citing Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA.




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