2nd Nebraska Volunteer Infantry

2nd Nebraska Volunteer Infantry (1898-1898) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Lincoln, Nebr., May 9 to 14, 1898, with 46 officers and 975 enlisted men.

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

• Movements:
  • Left Lincoln May 19; arrived at Chickamauga, Ga., May 22
  • Left Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, August 31; arrived at Old Fort Omaha, Nebr., September 3
  • Furloughed for thirty days, September 11 to October 10

Mustered out of the service of the United States at Omaha, Nebr., October 24, 1898, with 45 officers and 1,237 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-died of disease, 1. Enlisted men-died of disease, 25; deserted, 3.

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