5th Illinois Volunteer Infantry

5th Illinois Volunteer Infantry (1898-1898) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Springfield May 4 to 9 with 50 officers and 974 enlisted men.

• Assignments:
  • Assigned to First Brigade, First Division, First Army Corps, May 16
  • Transferred to First Brigade, Second Division, First Army Corps

• Movements:
  • Left Springfield May 14; arrived at Chickamauga, Ga., May 16
  • Left Chickamauga for Newport News, Va., August 3
  • Ordered to Lexington, Ky., August 13
  • Ordered to Springfield, Ill., August 29
  • Furloughed for thirty days

Mustered out at Springfield, Ill., October 16, 1898, with 48 officers and 1,212 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-none. Enlisted men-died of disease, 17; deserted, 7.

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