Tough & Hearty, Kimball Pearsons, Civil War Cavalryman, Co. L, 10th Regiment of Cavalry, New York State Volunteers - Paperbackby Kimball Pearsons (Author), David B. Russell (Author) Kimball Pearsons of the Town of Collins, Erie County, New York, was a descendant of early settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Rhode Island. Although he was a Quaker, on August 28, 1862, Kimball enlisted in the 10th Regiment of Cavalry, New York State Volunteers. He was killed in action twenty two months later during the Battle of Trevilian Station. While in military service, he was a