The 10th EMM Regiment was one of the several St. Louis ones, as you probably know. What you may not know is that the 10th was activated at least twice in its history and served miles from home.

The "Missouri Statesman" newspaper of Columbia, Boone County on 16 June 1863 reported that the 4th, 6th, 10th, and 11th EMM Regiments from St. Louis were ordered activated for 30 days for duty either at Pilot Knob in Iron County or Rolla in Phelps County. Those were both large Union bases, and I would imagine that having EMM serve in the garrisons would help to free other troops for combat duty. I do not know if any of these regiments were actually called up to fulfill those plans.

The 10th EMM Regiment performed some kind of active duty in the "First District" somewhere in the St. Louis area during August 1864, and on 31 August the Union command issued an order relieving the 10th from active duty. (Source: "Offiical Records" series 1, vol. 41, part 2, p. 955)

In late September 1864, when it looked like Confederate Major General's army of 12,000 mounted soldiers would surely attack St. Louis, the Union authorities in the state activated and armed the majority of the remaining EMM regiments, including just about all the St. Louis regiments. The St. Louis EMM units helped erect the fortifications at Kirkwood, which was to be St. Louis' first line of defense. (Source; "Official Records" series 1, vol. 41, part 3, pp. late 300's and early 400's)

24 October 1864, Colonel Henry Hildebrand and his 10th EMM was ordered to Hermann, Gasconade County, evidently from St. Louis, where they had been on active duty since late September. This was evidently to guard the Pacific Railroad there. (source: "Official Records" series 1, vol. 41, part 4, p. 221)

30 October 1864, The 10th EMM at Jefferson City (where they had probably been performing guard duty and perhaps other duties) was ordered inactivated, and I would imagine the Union army would have provided transportation back to St. Louis. This order was generally for all the EMM units upon the defeat of Prices' great Missouri raid along the Kansas border. (Source: "Official Records," series 1, vol. 41, part 4, p. 327.

Bruce Nichols