1st South Dakota Volunteer Infantry
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1st South Dakota Volunteer Infantry (1898-1899) - Organized at Sioux Falls, Worthing, Desmet, Aberdeen, Watertown, Custer City, Brooklings, and other points in South Dakota, and mustered into the service of the United States at Sioux Falls, S. Dak., May 12 to 19, 1898, with 46 officers and 983 enlisted men.
- Assignments:
- Assigned to Fourth Independent Brigade, Philippine Islands Expeditionary Forces, May 30
- Transferred to Third Independent Brigade, Second and Third Battalions, June 2
- assigned to First Brigade, First Division, Eighth Army Corps, September 10
- Transferred to Second Brigade, Second Division, Eighth Army Corps, October, 1898
- Transferred to First Brigade, First Division, Eighth Army Corps, March 17, 1899
- Movements:
- Left Sioux Falls May 29; arrived at San Francisco, Cal., June 2
- Sailed from San Francisco on the "Rio de Janeiro" July 23; arrived in Manila Harbor August 24
- First Battalion sailed from San Francisco on the "St. Paul" July 29; arrived at Manila Harbor September 2
- Regiment stationed at Cavite until September 10, when it changed station to Manila
- Participated in engagements with insurgents:
- at Manila February 4 and 5, 1899
- Tuliajan River, March 23
- San Francisco del Monte and Meycauayan, March 26
- Marilao, March 27
- Santa Maria and Guiguinto, March 29
- Santa Isabel, March 30
- Malolos, March 31
- Guiguinto, April 11
- Quingua and Pulilan, April 24
- Calumpit, April 20
- Santo Tomas, May 4
- San Fernando, May 25
- Left San Fernando for Manila June 10; on duty in the vicinity of Manila until August 5
- Sailed from Manila on the "Sherman" August 11; arrived at San Francisco September 7
Mustered out of the service of the United States at San Francisco, Cal., October 5, 1899, with 46 officers and 622 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-killed in action, 3; wounded, 3; drowned, 1. Enlisted men-killed in action,20; wounded, 90; died of wounds, 4; died of disease, 35; killed by accident, 1; deserted, 4.
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
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