John C Rigdon

Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Tennessee 10th Infantry Regiment John C Rigdon

The Tenth Tennessee (Confederate) Regiment was raised in Davidson, Montgomery and Giles Counties, and was organized at Fort Henry, in May, 1861, with Adolphus Heiman, colonel. It was disciplined at Fort Henry, and during the investment lost seven men killed and wounded by the bursting of a 64-pounder. At Fort Donelson, where it retreated, it was under constant and destructive musketry and artillery fire for three days, and became prisoners of war February 16, 1862. Here it earned the designation "Bloody Tenth." September 24 it was exchanged, and October 2 reorganized at Clinton, Miss. After the capitulation of Vicksburg it joined Bragg at Ringgold, and September 19 and 20 at fierce Chickamauga lost 224 men killed and wounded out of 328 engaged, a result with scarcely a parallel in the annals of war. In May, 1864, it began the southward movement, fighting with conspicuous bravery at Rocky Face Ridge, Ringgold Gap, Buzzard Roost, Resaca, New Hope Church; Pine Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Decatur (July 22), Atlanta and Jonesboro, where Col. Grace was mortally wounded. In Hood's campaign into Tennessee it participated in the awful charges at Franklin and the stubborn fighting at Nashville. It then moved to Bentonville, NC, and surrendered at Greensboro. Companies of the Tennessee 10th Infantry Regiment Company A - McEwen, Humphreys County. Company B - Nashville, Davidson County. Company C - Nashville, Davidson County. Company D - Nashville, Davidson County. Company E - Pulaski, Giles County. Company F - Nashville, Davidson County. Company G - Nashville, Davidson County. Company H - Nashville, Davidson County. Company I - Clarksville, Montgomery County. Company K - Nashville, Davidson County.