2nd New York Volunteer Infantry

2nd New York Volunteer Infantry (1898-1898) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Hempstead, N. Y., May 16 and 17, 1898, with 45 officers and 974 enlisted men.

• Assignments:
  • Assigned to Second Brigade, First Division, Third Army Corps, May 20
  • Assigned to Second Brigade, Second Division, Fourth Army Corps, June 3
  • Transferred to First Brigade, Third Division, Fourth Army Corps, July 24

• Movements:
  • Left Hempstead May 18; arrived at Chickamauga. Ga., May 20
  • Left Chickamauga June 1; arrived at Tampa, Fla., June 3;
  • Left Tampa July 26; arrived at Fernandina, Fla., July 27
  • Left Fernandina August 24; arrived at Troy, N. Y., August 27
  • Furloughed September 15.

Mustered out of the service of the United States at Troy, Cohoes, Schenectady, Herkimer, Amsterdam, Whitehall,Glens Falls, Saratoga, and Hoosick, N. Y., October 26 to November 1, 1898, with 49 officers and 1,233 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers- none. Enlisted men-died of disease, 32; deserted, 2.

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