Unit
Federal Regiment10th New York Infantry"National Zouaves"Organized: New York City and Brooklyn, NY; mustered in 5/1/1861 Disbanded/Mustered out: Munson's Hill, VA 6/30/1865 | ||||||||||||||||
| Commanding Officer: LCol. John W. Marshall | Statistics for Maryland Campaign Initial Strength: not known Battlefield Tablets for this Unit: Tablet #33: Fifth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 12 PM Tablet #22: Sykes' Division, Fifth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 12 PM This Regiment's Chain of Command: Army - Army of the Potomac Corps - Fifth (V) Army Corps Division - 2nd Division, V Corps Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, V Corps | |||||||||||||||
 History of the Unit: Originally a 2-year unit, first under Colonel Walter W. McChesney, it served at Fortress Monroe from July 1861. Colonel John E. Bendix took command on 2 September 1861. They saw first action on the Peninsula Campaign, Spring of 1862. In the Antietam Campaign: The regiment was part of General McClellan's Reserve at South Mountain and Antietam. The remainder of the War: The regiment's two-year men and Colonel Bendix mustered out in May 1863, the remainder forming a battalion for continued service. These were combined with new recruits and transfers from other de-commissioning units to fuill the ranks. More on the Web: See more about this unit at New York Tenth Infantry from Brooklyn Genealogy. References, Sources, and other Notes: Source: Dyer, Frederick H., A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, Des Moines, Iowa: The Dyer Publishing Co., 1908; and Phisterer, Frederick, New York in the War of the Rebellion, Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1912 - extracted in part on the 10th Infantry page from the New York State Military Museum.
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