4th Missouri Volunteer Infantry

4th Missouri Volunteer Infantry (1898-1899) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., May 16, 1898, with 49 officers and 974 enlisted men.

• Assignments:
  • assigned to Second Brigade, Second Division, Second Army Corps, May 27

• Movements:
  • Arrived at Camp Alger, Va., May 27
  • Left Camp Alger August 19; arrived at Camp Meade, Pa., August 20.
  • Left Camp Meade November 14; arrived at Greenville, S. C., November 16, 1898

Mustered out of the service of the United States at Greenville, S. C., February 10, 1899, with 45 officers and 1,115 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers- died of disease, 1. Enlisted men-died of disease, 23; deserted, 33.

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