1st Missouri Volunteer Infantry

1st Missouri Volunteer Infantry (1898-1898) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., May 13, 1898, with 47 officers and 981 enlisted men.

• Assignments:
  • Assigned to First Brigade, Third Division, Third Army Corps, May 22

• Movements:
  • Left Jefferson Barracks May 19; arrived at Chickamauga, Ga., May 22
  • Left Chickamauga September 4; arrived at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., September 6
  • Furloughed for thirty days September 10.
  • Moved from Jefferson Barracks to St. Louis, Mo., October 18

Mustered out of the service of the United States at St. Louis October 31, 1898, with 43 officers and 1,177 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-died of disease, 1. Enlisted men-died of disease, 13; killed by accident, 3; drowned, 1; deserted, 9.

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