10th Infantry
Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 April 1997
10th Infantry Lineage
Constituted 3 March 1855 in the Regular Army as the 10th Infantry
Organized in April 1855 at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
Consolidated June-July 1869 with the 26th Infantry (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as the 10th Infantry
Assigned 5 July 1918 to the 14th Division
Relieved in February 1919 from assignment to the 14th Division
(2d and 3d Battalions inactivated 16 December 1921 at Camp Sherman, Ohio; activated 7 June 1922 at Camp Knox, Kentucky)
Assigned 24 March 1923 to the 5th Division (later redesignated as the 5th Infantry Division)
(1st Battalion inactivated 31 October 1929 at Fort Thomas, Kentucky; activated 1 October 1933 at Fort Hayes, Ohio)
Inactivated 20 September 1946 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky
Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Inactivated 30 April 1950 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Activated 1 March 1951 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Inactivated 1 September 1953 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Activated 25 May 1954 in Germany
Relieved 1 June 1957 from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Withdrawn 16 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System, and transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
ANNEX
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 2d Battalion, 17th Infantry
Organized in June 1862 at Fort Preble, Maine
Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1866 as the 26th Infantry
Consolidated June-July 1869 with the 10th Infantry and consolidated unit designated as the 10th Infantry
10th Infantry Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Civil War: Peninsula; Manassas; Antietam; Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; Wilderness; Spotsylvania; Cold Harbor; Petersburg; New Mexico 1862; Virginia 1862; Virginia 1863
Indian Wars: Comanches; Apaches
War with Spain: Santiago
Philippine Insurrection: Streamer without inscription
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Decorations
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for MOSELLE RIVER