3rd Nebraska Volunteer Infantry

3rd Nebraska Volunteer Infantry (1898-1899) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Omaha, Nebr., July 1 to 17, 1898, with 40 officers and 1,274 enlisted men.


 * Assignments:
 * Assigned to First Brigade, Third Division, Seventh Army Corps, July 22
 * Assigned to First Brigade, First Division, Seventh Army Corps, October 23


 * Movements:
 * Arrived at Jacksonville, Fla., July 22
 * Moved from Jacksonville to Pablo Beach, Fla., September 8 and 9
 * Returned to Jacksonville October 4
 * Left Jacksonville October 22; arrived at Savannah, Ga., October 23
 * One battalion sailed from Savannah on steamship "Obdam" December 30, 1898
 * Two battalions sailed on steamship "Michigan" December 31, 1898; arrived at Habana, Cuba, January 1 and January 3, 1899
 * Sailed from Habana on steamship "Logan" April 7, 1899; arrived at Port Jefferson, Fla., April 8, and at quarantine at Savannah, Ga., April 12
 * Left quarantine April 18 for Savannah, thence to Augusta, Ga., arriving April 19.

Mustered out of the service of the United States at Augusta, Ga., May 11, 1899, with 46 officers and 859 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-died of disease, 1. Enlisted men-died of disease, 31; deserted, 3.

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