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.

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

See Also:

• Spanish American War
• Spanish American War Regiments
• Spanish American War Camps