10th Infantry Regiment ( United States ) The 10th Infantry Regiment is a regiment in the United States Army first formed in 1855 . History . The regiment was first commissioned as the 10th Infantry on 3 March 1855 and was officially organized in April 1855 at Carlisle Barracks , Pennsylvania . In 1869 the regiment was consolidated with elements of the 26th Infantry Regiment after having served in the Civil War . It was assigned to the 14th division on 5 July 1918 and stayed there until it was relieved from assignment in 1919 . The regiment was inactively stationed at Camp Sherman , Ohio from December 1921 until June 1922 when it was reassigned to Fort Knox again on active duty . In 1923 it was assigned to the 5th Infantry division and stayed there through World War II . After World War II , the regiment was stationed in Kentucky on inactive duty . In 1947 it was moved to South Carolina until 1951 , when it was then stationed at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation , Pennsylvania . Due to Cold War escalations , it was sent to West Germany in 1953 on active duty . Four years later it was relieved from assignment and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System . In 1989 it was again reorganized , this time under the United States Army Regimental System , and transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command . The regiment was divided into three separate battalions . For the most part , they served in the same theaters . However , there are some slight differences in the active service of these battalions . 1st Battalion . The 1st battalion of this regiment was stationed at Fort Ord , California from 1961 until February 1962 when it went on active duty at Fort Carson in Colorado , where it remained until 1970 . It was then relieved of its duty and reassigned to the 4th Infantry Division . It headquarters were last transferred in 1996 to United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Leonard Wood , Missouri . 2nd Battalion . The 2nd battalion was also inactivated 1 June 1957 at Fort Ord , California , and relieved from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division . After the same duties , it was activated 23 April 1960 in the Panama Canal Zone . Finally , its headquarters were transferred 4 June 1987 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Leonard Wood , Missouri . 3rd Battalion . After 19 March 1959 , Headquarters and Headquarters Company , 3rd Battle Group , 10th Infantry were withdrawn from the Regular Army , allotted to the Army Reserve , and assigned to the 83d Infantry Division . It was almost immediately reactivated and consolidated with the 1st Battalion , 331st Infantry . It was later reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1963 as the 3d Battalion , 10th Infantry . In 1967 , it was allotted to the regular army , and transferred to the 5th infantry division . Finally , its headquarters were transferred 4 June 1987 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Leonard Wood , Missouri . 4th Battalion . Constituted 3 March 1855 in the Regular Army as Company D , 10th Infantry and organized in June 1855 at Carlisle Barracks , Pennsylvania . Consolidated 25 July 1869 with Company D , 26th Infantry and consolidated unit designated as Company D , 10th Infantry 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 Inactivated 1 June 1957 at Fort Ord , California , and relieved from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division ; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company , 4th Battle Group , 10th Infantry Activated 19 February 1962 in the Panama Canal Zone ( organic elements concurrently constituted and activated ) Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1962 as the 4th Battalion , 10th Infantry , and assigned to the 193d Infantry Brigade Inactivated 1 October 1983 in Panama and relieved from assignment to the 193d Infantry Brigade Headquarters transferred 4 June 1987 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Leonard Wood , Missouri Inactivated 15 April 1996 at Fort Leonard Wood , Missouri Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 4th Battalion , 10th Infantry Regiment Activated 26 January 2009 at Fort Jackson , South Carolina http : / / www . history . army . mil / html / forcestruc / lineages / branches / inf / 0010in004bn . htm Military service . Military action . The 10th Infantry regiment saw extensive service through several wars . Its first major tour of service was in the Civil War . Afterwards the regiment was used in the Indian wars , the Spanish and Philippine wars , and finally saw action in World War II . Civil War : The regiment saw the most action in its history during the civil war and participated in several battles listed below . Indian Wars : After the Civil War , the regiment was used to combat several hostile tribes in the Indian wars . Spanish – American War : The regiment saw some action in the Spanish - American War , although minimal . Philippine – American War : The 10th also took part in the war against the Philippine insurrection and , although not in any full - fledged battles , did see action in putting down hostile guerrillas and controlling the island . World War II : The 10th saw heavy action across Western Europe during World War II against Nazi Germany . Unit honors . = Notes = = See also =