Historical Sketch and Roster of the South Carolina 10th Infantry Regiment

The South Carolina 10th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Marion near Georgetown South Carolina in July 1861. Its members were raised in the counties of Georgetown Horry Williamsburg Marion and Charleston. The regiment moved to Cat Island where many of the men suffered from typhoid fever measles and mumps. In March 1862 it was sent to Mississippi then in the Kentucky Campaign it was involved in the capture of Munfordsville. During the war it was assigned to General Manigault's and Sharp's Brigade and from September 1863 to April 1864 was consolidated with the 19th Regiment. The unit served with the Army of Tennessee from Murfreesboro to Atlanta endured Hood's winter campaign in Tennessee and saw action in North Carolina. It lost 16 killed 91 wounded and 2 missing at Murfreesboro and the 10th/19th had 236 killed or wounded at Chickamauga and totaled 436 men and 293 arms in December 1863. During the Atlanta Campaign July 20-28 the 10th Regiment lost 19 of 24 officers engaged.