1st Washington Volunteer Infantry

1st Washington Volunteer Infantry (1898-1899) - Organized at Spokane, Seattle, North Yakima, Ellensburg, and Waitsburg, Wash., and mustered into the service of the United States at Tacoma May 6 to 13, 1898, with 46 officers and 967 enlisted men.

• Assignments:
  • Assigned to Second Brigade, First Division, Eighth Army Corps, November 26
  • Transferred to First Brigade, First Division, Eighth Army Corps, January 1, 1899

• Movements:
  • Two battalions changed station from Tacoma to San Francisco May 14
  • One battalion changed station from Tacoma to Vancouver Barracks, Wash., May 25, and from Vancouver Barracks to San Francisco July 23-24
  • First Battalion sailed from San Francisco on the "Valencia" October 19, arriving at Manila, P. I., November 22
  • Second and third battalions sailed from San Francisco on the "Ohio" October 28, arriving at Manila November 26
  • Participated in engagements:
    • around Manila, February 4 and 1
    • at San Pedro Macati, February 17
    • Manila, February 23
    • Guadalupe, February 14 and 22 and March 14
    • Pasig, March 26
    • Santa Cruz, April 9 and 10
    • Paete, April 13
    • Taguig, April 27 and May 19
    • Cainta and Taytay, June 3
    • Morong, June 4
    • Calamba, July 26,28, and 30
  • Sailed from Manila on steamship "Pennsylvania" September 5; arrived at San Francisco October 9

Mustered out of the service of the United States at San Francisco, CaL, November 1, 1899, with 46 officers and 769 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers- killed in action, 1; wounded,5; died of disease, 1. Enlisted men-killed in action, 17; wounded, 89; died of wounds, 8; died of disease, 17; drowned, 1; deserted, 24.

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