Organized in Virginia November 18, 1863. Attached to Drummondstown, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, December, 1863, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, Hincks' Colored Division, 18th Corps, Army James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps, to July, 1864. Unattached, 18th Corps, to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 25th Corps, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 25th Corps, January, 1865. Attached Brigade, 1st Division, 25th Corps, to June, 1865. Dept. of Texas to May, 1866.

SERVICE.--Camp near Crany Island until January 12, 1864. Moved to Drummondstown, eastern shore of Virginia, and duty there until April. At Yorktown, Va., until May. Butler's operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4 to June 15. Capture of Fort Powhatan May 5. Wilson's Wharf May 24 (Detachment). At Fort Powhatan until July 6. On Bermuda front in operations against Petersburg and Richmond until August 27. At City Point, Va., until April 2, 1865. Moved to Bermuda Hundred, thence to Richmond April 2-3. Return to City Point April 6, and duty there until June 1. Moved to Texas, and duty at various points on the Rio Grande until May, 1866. Mustered out May 17, 1866. (A detachment at Plymouth, N. C., November 26, 1863, to April 20, 1864, participated in the siege of Plymouth April 17-20, 1864, and surrender April 20, 1864.)

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Vermonters who served in the 10th U.S. Colored Infantry:

Bailey, Samuel H., enl 12/28/61, m/i 2/18/62, SGT, Co. H, 8th VVI, pr 2LT in 2nd LA NG (10th USCI), m/o 12/11/62, born: 1825, unknown; died: 3/13/1880; buried: Main cemetery, Townshend, VT

Brown, George W., enl 8/9/62, m/i 9/22/62, Pvt, Co. I, 4th VVI, wdd, 5/4/63, dis/wds, Washington, DC, 4/27/64; Captain, 10th USCI, resigned 3/27/65, born: unknown, unknown; died: unknown; buried: unknown

Brown, Robert, enl for one year, 8/24/64, m/i, Pvt, 10th USCI, 8/24/64, also Pvt, Co. D, 54th MA INF, born: 1845, Castleton, VT; died: 1/28/1919; buried: Hillside cemetery, Castleton, VT

Burns, Robert, 10th USCI, born: unknown, unknown; died: unknown; buried: Hillside cemetery, Castleton, VT

Duggan, Patrick F., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. B, 3rd VVI, disch 10/10/63 for pr as 2LT, later 1LT, Co. E/I, 10th USCI, born: abt 1840, unknown; died: unknown; buried: unknown

Eglin, Paul, enl representative recruit for L. B. Hurd, Bennington, enl 9/17/64, PVT, Co. K, 10th USCI, born: unknown, unknown; died: unknown; buried: Arlington National Cemetery, VA

Hawkins, Sylvester, 10th USCI;
enl again for one year;
enl again 8/22/64, m/i 8/22/64, m/o 10/15/65, born: 1839, unknown; died: 1917; buried: Hillside cemetery, Castleton, VT

Montgomery, Marshall, enl 6/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, CPL, Co. G, 3rd VVI, disch 11/18/63 for pr as CPT, Co. D, 10th USCI, m/o 5/17/66, Galveston, TX (longest record of service for a Vermont volunteer), born: abt 1839, unknown; died: 10/16/1919; buried: Saint Johnsbury, VT

Powell, Edward Henry, enl 7/17/62, m/i 9/1/62, 1SGT, Co. F, 10th VVI, disch 12/7/63 for pr as LTC, 10th USCI, (more), born: 9/3/1839, unknown; died: 5/4/1911; buried: Lakeview Cemetery, Burlington, VT

Selden, Jackson, substitute - enl 9/17/64, PVT, Co. K, 10th USCI, born: unknown, unknown; died: unknown; buried: unknown

Smith, Michael, substitute - enl 9/9/64, Pvt, Co. E, 10th USCI, nfi, born: unknown, unknown; died: unknown; buried: unknown

Thompson, Theodore, 10th USCI;
enl again 9/20/64, m/i 9/26/64, nfi, born: unknown, unknown; died: unknown; buried: unknown

Walker, Elisha, enl 9/16/64, PVT, Co. K, 10th USCI; pr Corp, born: unknown, unknown; died: unknown; buried: unknown