A Brief History of the Tenth Michigan Cavalry

I think a word of explanation is due. In consenting to prepare this history for the Adjutant General, I did not fully appreciate the limitations that were imposed. The space to which I was limited necessarily prevented giving to many matters the importance which they really deserved, while much of the details and many of the minor matters had to be omitted altogether.

I thought a map would be of interest, but I could find none published that was available, and I was therefore put to the necessity of having one made. Thanks to the generous offer of my friend, Mr. F. C. Leeseman, late an officer of the German Army, now residing in this city, who volunteered to do the work under my direction, I am able to present a map which shows accurately the active operations of the regiment, except in West Tennessee in the fall of 1865. To have extended it so as to embrace that territory would have made it too large, and as the service there was after the war was over, it was thought to be unnecessary. In East Tennessee the country was marched over and fought over so many times that it was impracticable to show each expedition by itself. It is thought, however, that the names of places and dates of engagements in connection with the history will sufficiently indicate the different expeditions in which the regiment took part.