10th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (DeMoss'), CSA

10th Cavalry Regiment was organized in February 1863, by consolidating Cox's and Napier's Tennessee Cavalry Battalions. Its companies were raised in the counties of Perry, Humphreys, Decatur, Hickman, Davidson, Montgomery, and Henry. The unit served in Forrest's, Humes', J.B. Bifle's, and Dibrell's Brigade. It fought at Brentwood, Denmark, and Chickamauga, then saw action in the Atlanta Campaign and Hood's operations in Tennessee. During February 1865 it was consolidated with the 11th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment and in May contained 30 officers and 280 men. The unit ended the war in Alabama and surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. Its field officers were Colonels Nicholas N. Cox and William E. De Moss, Lieutenant Colonel Edward B. Trezevant, and Major John Minor.

Partial Roster

Company C

Horner Lomax Cude (1837-1865) Private. Perry County, Tennessee. Son of Horner Cude and Temperance Lomax, husband of Elizabeth Jane Harrington. He was killed by Union troops on 14 Mar 1865 after returning home after mustering out of the regiment.