1st Connecticut Voluntary Infantry

1st Connecticut Voluntary Infantry (1898-1898) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Niantic, Meriden, and Danbury, Conn., May 17 to July 14, with 42 officers and 798 enlisted men.

• Assignments:
  • Assigned to Second Brigade, Third Division, Second Army Corps, August 2

• Movements:
  • Companies distributed at Plum Island, New York; Fort Preble, Me.; Great Gull Island, New York; Fort Constitution, N.H.; and Fort Knox, Me.
  • Arrived at Camp Alger, Va., July 19
  • Left Camp Alger September 7; arrived Niantic September 8

Mustered out of the service of the United States at Hartford and New Britain, Conn., October 31, 1898, with 45 officers and 1,230 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-none. Enlisted men- died of disease, etc., 18; deserted, 3.

From:

• Correspondence Relating to the War with Spain, Center for Military History, U.S. Army, Vol 1
  • The Organization of the Army during the Spanish-American War, page 509
  • Organization of Volunteers, page 581

See Also:

• Spanish American War
• Spanish American War Regiments
• Spanish American War Camps