21st Kansas Volunteer Infantry

21st Kansas Volunteer Infantry (1898-1898) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Topeka May 12 to 14, 1898, with 46 officers and 958 enlisted men.

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

• Movements:
  • Left Topeka May 17; arrived at Chickamauga, Ga., May 20
  • Left Chickamauga August 24; arrived at Lexington, Ky., August 26
  • Left Camp Hamilton, Lexington, September 25; arrived at Leavenworth, Kans., September 28
  • Furloughed from October 11 to November 10.

Mustered out of the service of the United States at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., December 10, 1898, with 46 officers and 1,184 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-died of disease, 1. Enlisted men-died of disease, 20; 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