Indeed, the 10th was formerly the 1st Middle Tennessee, a capsule history is below. There is at least one book about the occupation of Nashville during the period in question, but unfortunatly I can't remember the name. I don't recall any mention of troubles at that time and a check of the Official Records turned up no mention of riots, etc. The military establishment seemed more concerned with Bragg's invasion of Kentucky that anything else. A longer version is in "Tennesseeans in the Civil War",

LHares- reenacting as Co."K", 10th Tennessee Vol. Inf.

10TH TENNESSEE VOLUNTEER

INFANTRY REGIMENT, U.S.A.

Also called 1st Middle Tennessee Infantry Regiment:

Gillem's Regiment

Mustered in at Nashville, April 26 to August 27, 1862; mustered out at Greeneville, Tennessee,

May 25, and at Knoxville, June, 1865.

FIELD OFFICERS

Colonels-Alvan C. Gillem (to brigadier general), James W. Scully

Lieutenant Colonels-Frank T. Foster, James W. Scully, John Feudge

Majors-Alexander Thurneck, Louis Mandazy, Middleton L. Moore

CAPTAINS-Edward D. R. Bladen, Henry N. Lee, Co. "A". Enrolled at Waynesboro, Wayne County;

mustered in April 26, 1862; mustered out at Greeneville, Tennessee, May 25, 1865. Miles Joyce, Co. "B".

Mustered in April 26, 1862; mustered out at Greeneville, May 25, 1865.

Patrick W. Halloran, John Phillips, Co. "C"; mustered in April 29, 1862; mustered out at

Greeneville, May 25, 1865.

R. Weitmuller, David Floerke, Co. "D". Mustered in June 5, 1862; men from Davidson, Bedford,

and Rutherford Counties; mustered out at Knoxville, June 10, 1865.

Cuthbert B. Word, Co. "E". Mustered in July 7, 1862; men mostly from Bedford County; mustered

out at Knoxville, June 25, 1865.

James C. Green, Robert H. Clinton, Co. "F". Enrolled at Savannah, Hardin County; mustered in

June 5, 1862; mustered out at Knoxville, June 20, 1865.

Elisha Chastain, William W. Phillips, James A. Castile, Otto Jacobi, Co. "C". Mustered in July 4,

1862.

Alexander Lynch, John Feudge, Michael Fogarty, Co. "H". Mustered in August 26, 1862.

P. M. Pryor, James II. Queen, Middleton L. Moore, William W. Mount, Co. "I". Enrolled at Battle

Creek, Marion County; mustered in August 27, 1862; mustered out at Knoxville, June 23, 1865.

Peter Engels, Co. "K". Enrolled at Memphis, Shelby County, by Lieutenant Louis R. Mandazy;

mustered in July 21, 1862.

Alvan C. Gillem was appointed colonel of this regiment May 13, 1862, at which time only three

companies had been mustered into service. It was first reported in the Official Records in June 10, 1862,

in Brigadier General Ebenezer Dumont's Independent Brigade, District of the Ohio. On June 14, 1862,

Colonel Stanley Matthews, at Nashville, reported there were no troops in Nashville except the Provost

Guard and the "unorganized First Tennessee Regiment (Governor's Guards)."

A letter from Captain Oliver D. Greene, Assistant Adjutant General, dated July 17, 1862, gives

some indication of the circumstances under which the regiment was organized. "The house you inquire

about belonged to Colonel Heiman, of the rebel army and was taken possession of by the military

authorities for sequestration under act of Congress August 6, 1861. During my absence Governor Johnson

ordered the provost marshal to give the keys to a Major Thurneck, of the First Tennessee Volunteers, then

being raised here. On my return, finding that Major Thurneck with his family was living in the house,

although his regiment was under canvas, and knowing your orders about officers living with their men, I

telegraphed to know if that order was still in force. I found it was, and verbally directed Major Thurneck

that he must live with his men. No attention was paid, on the grounds that the regiment was not in U.S.

Service and not liable to the United States authorities. Finding that many other officers of the same regiment

were making preparations to bring their families to live in houses under the same circumstances, and

recognizing the injury to the service which must arise, I directed the provost marshal to cause the house to

be vacated, as also other houses occupied by soldiers and officers without authority from these

headquarters.* * * * The order was promptly executed by the provost marshal in all instances except

Major Thurneck and the quartermaster of the same regiment. The latter claimed that he rented his house. *

* *Major Thurneck held on to his house by false representations-that his children and wife were so sick

that removal would be at the risk of their lives. I finally sent a surgeon to examine. Upon his report of the

facts I directed Colonel Campbell to have him ejected as occupying a house in possession of the United

States without civil authority. He refused to obey the order. The order was reiterated peremptorily, and he

peremptorily refused to obey the second order. He was arrested; and his lieutenant colonel obeyed the

order at once. I am sure that if any officer in the department not directly interested had examined the matter

and reported, my action would have been approved." By way of footnote, it might be added that Major

Thurneck resigned in September, 1862, and Governor Johnson requested that Captain Greene be ordered

elsewhere.

The regiment, as the 10th Tennessee Infantry, was reported as part of the Post Forces of Nashville

on October 8, 1862. In January, 1863, in the organization of the XIV Corps, the regiment was reported as

unattached to any brigade.

On May 3, 1863, Major General W. S. Rosecrans wrote the Adjutant General, U. S. Army: "I have

the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from the Secretary of War to the General in Chief,

directing that Colonel Gillem's First Tennessee Infantry be detached from general service and placed under

the command of Governor Johnson, and indorsed by General Halleck for me to carry it into execution. I

shall give the requisite orders, but it is my duty to express the apprehension that we shall thus lose the

services of a regiment. I am also apprehensive that having a regiment within the garrison of Nashville not

subject to the orders of the general commanding is far more likely to beget discord and trouble than

anything else."

On June 30, 1863, the regiment was reported at Camp Spears, Nashville; on July 31, it was

reported in the Reserve Corps, 2nd Division, 3rd Brigade; on August 31, it was still at Camp Spears; but

on September 24, 1863, after the battle of Chickamauga, General Rosecrans wrote: "I want Gillem and his

regiment tomorrow to Bridgeport (Alabama) to aid in securing the railroad."

On October 19, 1863, two companies were at Camp Rosecrans, with the 2nd U. S. Colored

Infantry, guarding the construction of the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad, 30 miles from Nashville.

On October 31, the regiment was reported as one of the unassigned regiments along the line of railroads.

On December 31, 1863, it was reported as one of the regiments along the line of the Nashville and

Northwestern Railroad.

On January 2, 1864, the regiment was assigned to the 1st Brigade, District of Nashville, of the XII

Corps. On April 14, the XI and XII Corps were consolidated to form the XX Corps, and the regiment

assigned to the 1st Brigade, 4th Division, XX Corps, and on April 23, was reported with 775 effectives.

On June 6, 1864, Major General George H. Thomas directed the regiment be dropped from the

returns of the Army of the Cumberland and transferred to Governor Andrew Johnson as a Governor's

Guard. It continued to serve in this capacity until April 1865, when it was sent to Knoxville, to form part of

the 4th Division, Army of the Cumberland. On April 24, it was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 4th Division,

stationed at Greeneville. It was mustered out of service June 23, 1865.