1st Wyoming Volunteer Infantry

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1st Wyoming Volunteer Infantry (1898-1899) - Organized at Buffalo, Cheyenne, and Evanston, Wyo., and mustered into the service of the United States at Cheyenne, Wyo., May 7 to 10, 1898, with 14 officers and 324 enlisted men.

  • Assignments:
    • Assigned to First Brigade, Second Division, Eighth Army Corps, July 31
    • Transferred to Second Brigade, First Division, Eighth Army Corps
    • Assigned to Third Brigade, Second Division, Eighth Army Corps, March 17, 1899
    • Assigned to Third Brigade, First Division, Eighth Army Corps, June 7, 1899
  • Movements:
    • Left Cheyenne Wyo., May 18; arrived at San Francisco Cal., May 21
    • Sailed from San Francisco on transport "Ohio" June 27; arrived at Manila, P. I., July 31
    • Participated in capture of Manila August 13, 1898, and in engagements at:
      • Manila February 5 and 6
      • Guadalupe, February 22
      • Pasig River, March 1
      • San Juan del Monte, March 7
      • Morong, June 4, 1899
    • Sailed from Manila on transport "Grant" July 30; arrived at San Francisco August 29

Mustered out of the service of the United States at San Francisco, Cal., September 23, 1899, with 14 officers and 239 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-wounded,1. Enlisted men-killed in action, 1; wounded, 5; died of wounds, 2; died of disease, 10; deserted, 4.

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