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10th West Virginia Infantry Regiment

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10th West Virginia Infantry Regiment
ActiveMarch 12, 1862 – August 9, 1865
DisbandedAugust 9, 1865
Country United States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
SizeRegiment
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
Brigadier GeneralThomas M. Harris
ColonelMorgan A. Darnal

The 10th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 10th West Virginia was organized at Camp Pickens, Canaan, Glenville, Clarkesville, Sutton, Philippi, and Piedmont in western Virginia between March 12 and May 18, 1862.

The 10th West Virginia was mustered out on August 9, 1865.

Casualties

The 10th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment suffered 2 Officers and 93 enlisted men killed in battle or died from wounds, and 1 officer and 107 enlisted men dead from disease for a total of 207 fatalities.[1]

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