10th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, United States Civil War
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The 10th OVI
The 10th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 10th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was also known as the Montgomery Regiment and the Bloody Tenth. The 10th Ohio Infantry was predominantly made up of Irish American recruits, but two companies were made up of German American recruits.
Three-years regiment
The 10th Ohio Infantry was reorganized at Camp Dennison on June 3, 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel William Haines Lytle.
The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade, Army of Occupation, western Virginia, to September 1861. Benham's Brigade, Kanawha Division, Western Virginia, to October 1861. 1st Brigade, Kanawha Division, Western Virginia, to November 1861. 17th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December 1861. 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, I Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Center, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XIV Corps, January 1863. Headquarters Provost Guard, Department of the Cumberland, to May 1864.
The 10th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service on June 3, 1864. Seventy-five enlisted men whose terms of enlistment had not expired were left unassigned within the Army of the Cumberland, until September, then assigned to the 18th Ohio Infantry.
Ordered to rear for muster out May 27.
The regiment lost a total of 168 men during service; 3 officers and 86 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 77 enlisted men died of disease.
Commanders
- Colonel William Haines Lytle
- Lieutenant Colonel Joseph W. Burke - commanded at the battles of Perryville and Stones River
- Lieutenant Colonel William M. Ward - commanded at the battle of Chickamauga
Notable members
- 1st Sergeant Thomas J. Kelly, Company C - leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood
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