1st Tennessee Volunteer Infantry

1st Tennessee Volunteer Infantry (1898-1899) - Organized at Nashville, Columbia, Lawrenceburg, McMinnville Shelbyville, Clarksville, and Springfield, Tenn., and mustered into the service of the United States at Nashville May 19 to 26, 1898, with 47 officers and 975 enlisted men.

• Assignments:
  • Assigned to Second Independent Brigade, Eighth Army Corps, June 17
  • Assigned to First Separate Brigade, Eighth Army Corps, February 10

• Movements:
  • Left Nashville June 10; arrived at San Francisco, Cal., June 17
  • Headquarters and Companies A, B, C, E, F, L, and M sailed from San Francisco on steamship "Zealandia" October 30; arrived at Manila, P. I., November 29
  • Companies D, G, H, I, and K sailed from San Francisco on steamship "Pueblo" November 6; arrived at Manila, P. I., December 6
  • Stationed at Manila and Cavite until February 3, 1899
  • Participated in the engagements at Manila, February 4, .5, and 6
  • Sailed from Manila on steamship "St. Paul" February 8; arrived at Iloilo, Panay, P. I., February 10
  • Participated in the capture of Iloilo February 11 and in numerous engagements with insurgents in the vicinity of Iloilo until September 16
  • Regiment sailed for Cebu, Island of Cebu, September 16, and participated in operations against insurgents near Cebu until September 29, when the regiment returned to Manila
  • Sailed from Manila on steamship "Pennsylvania" October 8; arrived at San Francisco, Cal., November 11

Mustered out of the service of the United States at San Francisco, Cal., November 23, 1899, with 44 officers and 624 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-died of disease, 2. Enlisted men-killed in action, 1; died of disease, 23; killed by accident, 2; deserted,20.

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