4th Virginia Volunteer Infantry
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4th Virginia Volunteer Infantry (1898-1899) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Richmond, Va., May 9 to 25, 1898, with 44 officers and 954 enlisted men.
- Assignments:
- Assigned to Third Brigade,Second Division, Seventh Army Corps, June 5
- Transferred to Second Brigade, Second Division, Seventh Army Corps, October 13
- Movements:
- Left Richmond June 4; arrived at Jacksonville, Fla., June 5
- Left Jacksonville October 25; arrived at Savannah, Ga., October 26
- Sailed from Savannah on steamship "Chester" December 19; arrived at Habana, Cuba, December 21
- Company F sailed from Savannah on steamship "Mobile" December 13, arrived at Habana December 15, 1898
- Sailed from Habana, Cuba, on the steamships "San Antonio", "Yarmouth", and "Whitney", March 25 to 27; arrived at Savannah, Ga., March 27 to 30, 1899
Mustered out of the service of the United States at Savannah, Ga., April 27, 1899, with 46 officers and 1,077 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-none. Enlisted men-died of disease, 30; deserted, 22.
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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