1st Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry

1st Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry (1898-1898) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Quonsett Point, R. I., May 10 to 17, 1898, with 46 officers and 958 enlisted men.

• Assignments:
  • Assigned to Third Brigade, Second Division, Second Army Corps, May 28

• Movements:
  • Left Quonsett Point May 26; arrived at Camp Alger, Va., May 28
  • Left Camp Alger August 3, marching to Thoroughfare, Va., thence to Camp Meade, Pa., arriving August 23
  • Left Camp Meade November 13; arrived at Columbia, S. C., November 15, 1898

Mustered out of the service of the United States at Columbia, S. C., March 30, 1899, with 45 officers and 1,039 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-none. Enlisted men-died of disease, 11; killed by accident, 1; deserted, 89.

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