1st North Carolina Volunteer Infantry

1st North Carolina Volunteer Infantry (1898-1899) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Raleigh, N. C., May 3 to 11, 1898, with 50 officers and 932 enlisted men.

• Assignments:
  • Assigned to First Brigade, Second Division, Seventh Army Corps, May 23

• Movements:
  • Left Raleigh May 22; arrived at Jacksonville, Fla., May 23
  • Left Jacksonville October 24; arrived at Savannah, Ga., October 25.
  • Sailed from Savannah on steamship "Roumania" December 8; arrived at Habana, Cuba, December 11
  • Sailed from Habana on steamship "Vigilancia" March 26, 1899; arrived at Savannah, Ga., March 28

Mustered out of the service of the United States at Savannah, Ga., April 22, 1899, with 50 officers and 1,028 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-none. Enlisted men-died of disease, 26; killed by accident, 1; murdered, 1; deserted, 36.

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