7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (1898-1898) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Columbus, Ohio, May 13 and June 30, 1898, with 49 officers and 872 enlisted men.

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

• Movements:
  • Left Columbus May 18; arrived at Camp Alger, Va., May 21
  • Left Camp Alger September 1; arrived at Camp Meade, Pa., September 2
  • Left Camp Meade September 22; arrived at Columbus, Ohio, September 23
  • Furloughed for thirty days September 27

Mustered out of the service of the United States at Columbus, Ohio, November 6, 1898, with 49 officers and 1,117 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-died of disease, 1. Enlisted men-died of disease, 5; deserted, 1.

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