2nd Mississippi Volunteer Infantry

2nd Mississippi Volunteer Infantry (1898-1898) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Jackson, Miss., May 30 to June 8, 1898, with 46 officers and 949 enlisted men.

• Assignments:
  • Assigned to Third Division, Seventh Army Corps, June 20

• Movements:
  • Ordered to Jacksonville, Fla., June 14; arrived June 20
  • Left Jacksonville September 12; arrived at Lauderdale Springs, Miss., September 13
  • Furloughed for thirty days September 20
  • Camp changed from Lauderdale Springs to Columbia, Tenn
  • Furlough extended to November 28

Mustered out of the service of the United States at Columbia, Tenn., December 20, 1898, with 46 officers and 1,222 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-none. Enlisted men-died of disease, 20; 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