1st Florida Volunteer Infantry

1st Florida Volunteer Infantry (1898-1898) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Tampa, May 20 to 25, with 48 officers and 956 enlisted men.


 * Assignments:
 * Assigned to Second Brigade, First Division, Seventh Army Corps, May 25
 * Assigned to First Brigade, Third Division, Fourth Army Corps, June 11
 * Transferred to Second Brigade, Second Division, Fourth Army Corps, July 24
 * Assigned to Independent Brigade, Fourth Army Corps, December 24


 * Movements:
 * Arrived at Fernandina, Fla., July 23
 * Left Fernandina August 23; arrived at Huntsville, Ala., August 25
 * Companies A, C, E, H, I, K, L, and M left Huntsville October 10; arrived at Tallahassee, Fla., October 11
 * Granted thirty days' furlough

Mustered out at Tallahassee December 3, 1898. Companies B, D, F, and G mustered out at Huntsville, Ala., January 27, 1899. Strength of regiment at muster-out, 48 officers and 1,135 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-died of disease,1. Enlisted men-died of disease, etc., 27; murdered, 2; deserted, 19.

See Also:
 * Spanish American War
 * Spanish American War Regiments
 * Spanish American War Camps