1st Louisiana Volunteer Infantry
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1st Louisiana Volunteer Infantry (1898-1898) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at New Orleans May 8 to 18, 1898, with 46 officers and 977 enlisted men.
- Assignments:
- Assigned to First Brigade, First Division, Fourth Army Corps, June 4
- Transferred to First Brigade, First Division, Seventh Army Corps, June 25
- Movements:
- Left New Orleans and arrived at Mobile, Ala., June 1
- Arrived at Miami, Fla., June 26
- Left Miami August 10; arrived at Jacksonville August 11
Mustered out of the service of the United States at Jacksonville, Fla., October 3, 1898, with 42 officers and 1,114 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-died of disease, 4. Enlisted men-died of disease, 10; kIlled by accident, 1; drowned, 1; murdered, 1; deserted, 10.
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
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