1st Maryland Volunteer Infantry

1st Maryland Volunteer Infantry (1898-1899) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Pimlico and Baltimore, Md., May 16 to June 29, 1898, with 43 officers and 1,044 enlisted men.

• Assignments:
  • Assigned to First Brigade, First Division, Second Army Corps, October 7

• Movements:
  • Headquarters and eight companies arrived at Fort Monroe, Va., May 26
  • Remainder of regiment arrived at Fort Monroe. July 6
  • Left Fort Monroe September 7; arrived at Camp Meade, Pa., September 8
  • Left Camp Meade November 11; arrived at Augusta, Ga., November 12, 1898

Mustered out of the service of the United States at Augusta, Ga., February 28, 1899, with 49 officers and 1,070 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-none. Enlisted men-died of disease, 12: killed by accident, 1; deserted, 53.

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