MORE COMPANY HISTORY
������� After the consolidation, the regiment was ordered to Fort Scott, where it was attached to Colonel Doubleday's forces designed to make an expedition into the Cherokee Nation.
�������� On the 13th of June, 1862 the regiment marched from Ft. Scott for Osage mission, fom which point it went to Humboldt.� From Humboldt, with other forces, it marched to Baxter Springs, and was then attached to Colonel Solomon's brigade.� From Baxter Springs the expedition marched to Cowskin Prairie.� The Indians were not found and the pursuit continued.� Early on the Morning of July 3, 1862, the Indian camp was discovered on a steep and rocky hill.� The camp was charged and the Indians dispersed.
�������� The regiment returned to Ft. Scott in August, where it waas attached to the Second Brigade, commanded by Col. Weer.
�������� The 10th Kansas saw service in Missouri in pursuit of Colonel Coffey and Colonel Cockrell, and was in� the engagement in Newtonia.� It was at the battle of Cane Hill, and Prairie Grove.� It participated in the pursuit of Hindman to Van Buren.
��������� In March the regiment was a Ft. Scott and granted a furlough of twenty days.
��������� In the summer of 1863, the 10th Kansas was in constant service in western Missouri and Kansas City.� In January, 1864, it was ordered to Alton, Illinois, to have charge of the military prison there.
��������� The 10th Kansas was at St. Louis from May until August, 1864, where it served as provost guard of the city.
��������� From St. Louis the regiment was sent to Fort Leavenworth, where it was discharged.
��������� The Tenth Kansas Veteran Regiment was made up of four companies, as shown in the report of the Adjutant-General.� Two companies, F and I were recruited, and were named Companies A and B.� The veteran regiment was commanded by Major H. H. Williams from its organization unitl the last of August, 1864.� It was sent to Pilot Knob, Missouri, Major Williams having been detailed to command Schofield Barracks at St. Louis.
��������� On the 7th of November, the regiment embarked at St. Louis for Paduch, Kentucky.� On the 28th of November, it arrived at Nashville, and on the 29th it arrived at Columbia, Tennessee.� Here it was assigned to the Fouth Army Corps.
��������� After the battle of Franklin, it fell back with General Schofield's army and was stationed at Nashville until the 16th of December.
��������� In the assault on Hood's position at Nashville, the Tenth was deployed as skirmishers in advance of the Second Brigade, where it drove back the rebel skirmish line and silenced a battery.
��������� It was also on the 16th and 17th, and in the pursuit of the rebels when they retreated.
��������� The veterans saw much service in the South during the winter of 1864.� It was at Eastport, Miss., Waterloo, Ala., and at Vicksburg.� At Vicksburg the regiment was transferred to New Orleans and camped at Chalmette until the 7th March.� On the 7th it embarked for the Mobile expedition, stopping at Fort Gains and camping on Dauphin Island at the entrance to Mobile Bay.
��������� On the 20th it went up the Bay to the mouth of Fish River, and later went into camp at Donelly's Mills.� It was in the siege which followed, and was deployed as skirmishers in the front of the entire brigade.� Mobile was evacuated on the 11th, and the Union soldiers took possession on the 12th.� On the following day, the Tenth marched for Montgomery, Alabama, where it arrived on the 25th.� It remained at Montgomery, with headquarters at Gainsville, until the following August, doing provost was sent to Fort Leavenworth for final discharge.
���������� The Tench saw much hard service, and was one of the good regiments in the Union Forces during the war.
