1st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry

1st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry (1898-1898) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Sea Girt, N. J., May 5 to 12, 1898, with 51 officers and 949 enlisted men.

• Assignments:
  • Assigned to First Brigade, First Division, Second Army Corps, May 21

• Movements:
  • Left Sea Girt May 19; arrived at Camp Alger, Va., May 21
  • Left Camp Alger September 2: arrived at Sea Girt, N. J., September 3
  • Furloughed for thirty days September 26

Mustered out of the service of the United States at Newark, N. J., November 4, 1898, with 46 officers and 1,214 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-none. Enlisted men-died of disease, 9; deserted, 9.

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