10th New York Infantry Regiment
Manassas battlefield, monument of 10th New York regiment (National zouaves)
ActiveNovember 23, 1861 to June 30, 1865
CountryUnited States of America
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsAmerican Civil War

The 10th New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as the McChesney Zouaves or National Guard Zouaves.

Service

Col. W. W. McChesney, 10th N.Y. Inf.
Discovery of a new rebel battery at Messech's Point, near the mouth of Back River by a scouting party of the Tenth Regiment of New York Zouaves, before September 1861

The regiment was organized in New York City and was mustered in for a two-year enlistment on November 23, 1861. Some members of the regiment were mustered out on May 7, 1863, while those who reenlisted remained in the regiment until June 30, 1865.[1]

Casualties

The regiment suffered 130 fatalities.[2]

Commanders

See also

References

  1. ↑ Phisterer, Frederick (1912). New York in the War of the Rebellion. Albany: J.B. Lyon Co.
  2. ↑ Charles W. Cowtan. Services of the Tenth New York volunteers, national Zouaves, in the war of the rebellion. New York, C. H. Ludwig, 1882.
  3. ↑ The Union army: a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 -- records of the regiments in the Union army -- cyclopedia of battles -- memoirs of commanders and soldier. Madison, Wisc.: Federal Pub. Co. 1908.

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