2nd Tennessee Volunteer Infantry

2nd Tennessee Volunteer Infantry (1898-1899) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Nashville, Tenn., May 7 to 24, 1898, with 47 officers and 951 enlisted men.

• Assignments:
  • Assigned to Third Brigade, Second Division, Second Army Corps, May 29

• Movements:
  • Left Nashville May 27; arrived at Camp Alger, Virginia, May 29
  • Left Camp Alger August 9, marching to Thoroughfare, Va., thence to Camp Meade, Pa., arriving August 25
  • Left Camp Meade November 10; arrived at Columbia, S. C., November 12

Mustered out of the service of the United States at Columbia, S. C., February 8, 1899, with 46 officers and 1,100 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-none. Enlisted men-died of disease, 14; suicide, 1; deserted, 74.

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