8th New York Volunteer Infantry

8th New York Volunteer Infantry (1898-1898) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Peekskill, N. Y., May 14 to 19, 1898, with 49 officers and 976 enlisted men.


 * Assignments:
 * Assigned to Third Brigade, First Division, Third Army Corps, May 25


 * Movements:
 * Left Peekskill May 23; arrived at Chickamauga, Ga., May 25
 * Left Chickamauga September 6; arrived at New York City September 8
 * Furloughed for thirty days October 1

Mustered out of the service of the United States at New York City November 3, 1898, with 47 officers and 1,237 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-died of disease, 1. Enlisted men-died of disease, 21; deserted, 25.

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