2nd New York Volunteer Infantry

2nd New York Volunteer Infantry (1898-1898) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Hempstead, N. Y., May 16 and 17, 1898, with 45 officers and 974 enlisted men.

• Assignments:
  • Assigned to Second Brigade, First Division, Third Army Corps, May 20
  • Assigned to Second Brigade, Second Division, Fourth Army Corps, June 3
  • Transferred to First Brigade, Third Division, Fourth Army Corps, July 24

• Movements:
  • Left Hempstead May 18; arrived at Chickamauga. Ga., May 20
  • Left Chickamauga June 1; arrived at Tampa, Fla., June 3;
  • Left Tampa July 26; arrived at Fernandina, Fla., July 27
  • Left Fernandina August 24; arrived at Troy, N. Y., August 27
  • Furloughed September 15.

Mustered out of the service of the United States at Troy, Cohoes, Schenectady, Herkimer, Amster- dam, Whitehall,Glens Falls, Saratoga, and Hoosick, N. Y., October 26 to November 1, 1898, with 49 officers and 1,233 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers- none. Enlisted men-died of disease, 32; deserted, 2.

From:

• Correspondence Relating to the 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