5th Illinois Volunteer Infantry

5th Illinois Volunteer Infantry (1898-1898) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Springfield May 4 to 9 with 50 officers and 974 enlisted men.


 * Assignments:
 * Assigned to First Brigade, First Division, First Army Corps, May 16
 * Transferred to First Brigade, Second Division, First Army Corps


 * Movements:
 * Left Springfield May 14; arrived at Chickamauga, Ga., May 16
 * Left Chickamauga for Newport News, Va., August 3
 * Ordered to Lexington, Ky., August 13
 * Ordered to Springfield, Ill., August 29
 * Furloughed for thirty days

Mustered out at Springfield, Ill., October 16, 1898, with 48 officers and 1,212 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-none. Enlisted men-died of disease, 17; deserted, 7.

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