1st Vermont Volunteer Infantry

1st Vermont Volunteer Infantry (1898-1898) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Burlington, Vt., May 16, 1898, with 48 officers and 980 enlisted men.

• Assignments:
  • Assigned to Third Brigade, First Division, Third Army Corps, May 24

• Movements:
  • Left Burlington May 22; arrived at Chickamauga, Ga., May 24
  • Left Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, August 19, arrived at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., August 21
  • Furloughed for thirty days September 4

Mustered out of the service of the United States at Burlington, Rutland, St. Albans, Brandon, Johnsbury, Barre, Northfield, Bradford, Montpelier, Brattleboro, Bennington, Newport, Vt., October 26 to November 7, 1898, with 49 officers and 925 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-died of disease, 1. Enlisted men-died of disease, 26; deserted, 2.

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