6th Illinois Volunteer Infantry

6th Illinois Volunteer Infantry (1898-1898) - Organized and mustered irito the-.service of the United States at Springfield, Ill., May 11, 1898, with 50 officers and 973 enlisted men.

• Assignments:
  • assigned to Second Brigade, First Division, Second Army Corps

• Movements:
  • Left Springfield May 17; arrived at Camp Alger, Va., May 20
  • Left Camp Alger July 5; arrived at Charleston, S. C., July 6
  • Sailed from Charleston July 10; arrived at Santiago, Cuba, July 15
  • Left Santiago July 21; arrived at Guanica, P. R. July 25
  • Participated in Porto Rican campaign and in engagement near Guanica July 26
  • Left Ponce, P. R. September 7; arrived at New York City September 13, and at Springfield, Ill., September 16
  • Furloughed for sixty days.

Mustered out at Springfield, Ill., November 25, 1898, with 49 officers and 1,224 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-died of disease, 2. Enlisted men-died of disease, 22; deserted, 1.

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