4th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry

4th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry (1898-1899) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Knoxville, Tenn., July 1 to 13, 1898, with 47 officers and 1,274 enlisted men.

• Assignments:
  • Assigned to First Brigade, Second Division, First Army Corps, September 7
  • Transferred to First Brigade, First Division, First Army Corps, October 7

• Movements:
  • Left Knoxville November 28; arrived at Savannah, Ga., November 29
  • Sailed from Savannah on steamship "Manitoba" December 1
    • Companies A, F, G, II, K, and M arrived at Trinidad, Cuba, December 6
    • Companies B, C, D, E, I, and L arrived at Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, December 12
  • Sailed from Trinidad and Sancti Spiritus on steamship "Dixie" March 28, 1899; arrived at Savannah, Ga., April 1

Mustered out of the service of the United States at Savannah, Ga., May 6, 1899, with 46 officers and 1,117 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-none. Enlisted men-died of disease, 16; killed by accident, 2; murdered, 1; deserted, 82.

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