1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment (1898)
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| Active | May 14, 1898 to October 19, 1898 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | Infantry |
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The 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, reconstituted in 1898, was as an infantry regiment that served in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War. The regiment served out its term of service within the continental United States, and did not see action during the war.[1]
Service
The 1st Wisconsin was mustered into service on May 14, 1898 at Camp Harvey in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with a strength of fifty officers and 976 enlisted men.
The regiment moved to Camp Cuba Libre in Jacksonville, Florida and was assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division of the 7th Army Corps commanded by Fitzhugh Lee. The corps was being trained for an intended assault on Havana, Cuba, when an armistice ended the fighting on August 12, 1898, though the war would officially continue until the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898.
The 1st Wisconsin was mustered out of service on October 19, 1898 in Wisconsin. At the time of mustering out, the unit consisted of forty-nine officers and 1,224 enlisted men.[2]
Casualties
The 1st Wisconsin suffered 40 enlisted men who died of disease, plus one additional man who was discharged for disability, for a total of 40 fatalities.[3]
Commanders
- Colonel Samuel Schadel
See also
References
- ↑ "Spanish-American War Regimental Histories". Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ↑ McSherry, Patrick. "A Brief History of the First Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry". Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ↑ Statistical Exhibit of Strength of Volunteer Forces Called into Service During the War with Spain; with Losses from All Causes. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1899.