2nd Louisiana Volunteer Infantry
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2nd Louisiana Volunteer Infantry (1898-1899) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at New Orleans May 11 to 26, 1898, with 46 officers and 960 enlisted men.
- Assignments:
- Assigned to Second Brigade, First Division, Fourth Army Corps, June 4
- Transferred to Second Brigade, First Division, Seventh Army Corps, June 25
- Assigned to First Brigade, First Division, Seventh Army Corps, October 23
- Movements:
- Left New Orleans May 30; arrived at Mobile, Ala., May 31
- Left Mobile June 28; arrived at Miami, Fla., June 29
- Left Miami August 2; arrived at Jacksonville, Fla., August 3
- Left Jacksonville October 22; arrived at Savannah, Ga., October 23
- Sailed from Savannah, Ga., on steamship "Mobile", December 24; arrived at Habana, Cuba, December 27, 1898
- Sailed from Habana March 20, 1899; arrived at Savannah quarantine March 22 and at Savannah March 24
Mustered out of the service of the United States at Savannah, Ga., April 18, 1899, with 45 officers and 797 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-died of disease, 3. Enlisted men-died of disease, 13; killed by accident, 1; deserted, 44.
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
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