North Carolina Volunteers in the Spanish American War, Philippine Insurrection, and China Relief Expedition
 
North Carolina Volunteers

United States Armed Forces, February 15th, 1898, to July 4th, 1902

    The following contains information about the services of the North Carolina Volunteers who served in the Spanish American War, Philippine Insurrection, and China Relief Expedition, from February 15th, 1898, to July 4th, 1902. If you have any corrections, suggestions, or additional information that you wish to contribute, feel free to submit the information to the Webmaster.


State Volunteers
U.S. Volunteers
State Statistics
Resources


North Carolina State Volunteers


    The following is a listing of those commands which were organized of North Carolina State Volunteers under the first and second calls of President William McKinley for troops in April and May of 1898. These commands were organized in most cases from the exisiting National Guard units and carried the designation of their respective states (i.e. North Carolina Infantry) or rather than United States Volunteers which are listed elsewhere). Theses troops were organized for service in the War with Spain and the Philippine Insurrection from Febraury of 1898 to July of 1902.

1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment
3rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment
2nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment
North Carolina Naval Battalion


Colonel Joseph F. Armfield
1st N.C. Infantry
Colonel W.H.S. Burgwyn
2nd N.C. Infantry
Colonel James H. Young
3rd N.C. Infantry


United States Volunteers


    The following is a listing of those commands which were organized of North Carolina Volunteers for service with the "United States Volunteer" forces (seperate of the State Volunteer commands) which served in the War with Spain, the Philippine Insurrection, and the China Relief Expedition, from Febraury of 1898 to July of 1902.

None Confirmed At this time


North Carolina Statistics, 1898 to 1899


    The following statistics do not include those Volunteers who served in the United States Regular or United States Volunteer Army, but reflect only those who served in State Volunteer Units from 1898 to 1899.

Mustered Into Service: 145 Officers & 2,840 Enlisted Men
Mustered Out of Service: 139 Officers & 3,263 Enlisted Men

Total Number Accounted for on Muster Out Roll: 164 Officers & 3,802 Enlisted Men

Losses While in Service (Officers)

Promoted or Transferred.............. 1
Resigned or Discharged.............. 23
Dismissed.............. 0
Killed in Action.............. 0
Died of Wounds.............. 0
Died of Disease.............. 0
Died of Accident.............. 1
Drowned.............. 0
Suicide.............. 0
Murdered.............. 0
Total Officer Loses.............. 25

Loses While in Service (Enlisted Men)

Transferred....... 25
Discharged due to Disability....... 182
Discharged by General Court Martial....... 8
Discharged By Orders....... 184
Killed in Action....... 0
Died of Wounds Recieved in Action....... 2
Died of Disease....... 59
Died of Accident....... 1
Drowned....... 0
Suicide....... 0
Murdered or Homicide....... 3
Deserted....... 77
Total Enlisted Losses....... 539


Resources


Books & Published Material

- "The Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1898." D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1899.

- �Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of North Carolina for the Year 1898." Guy V. Barnes, Printer to Governor�s Council, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1899.

- �Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of North Carolina for the Year 1899." Edwards & Broughton & E.M. Uzzell, State Printers, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1900.

- �Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of North Carolina for the Year 1900." Edwards & Broughton & E.M. Uzzell, State Printers, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1901.

- �Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of North Carolina for the Year 1901." Edwards & Broughton & E.M. Uzzell, State Printers, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1902.

- �Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of North Carolina for the Year 1902." Edwards & Broughton, State Printers, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1903.

- "Correspondence relating to the War with Spain, and conditions growing out of the same, including the Insurrection in the Philippine Islands, and the China Relief Expedition, between the Adjutant-General of the Army and Military Commanders in the United States, Cuba, Porto Rico, China, and the Philippine Islands, from April 15, 1898, to July 30, 1902." Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1902.

- Volume I, "Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903." Francis B. Heitman, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1903.

- �North Carolinas Role in the Spanish American War." Joseph F. Steelman, 1975.

- "Officers of Volunteer Regiments Organized Under the Act of March 2, 1899." Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1899.

- "The Organized Militia of the United States." Government Printing Press, Washington, D.C., 1900.

- Volume I, �Report on the Origin and Spread of Typhoid Fever in U.S. Military Camps during the Spanish War of 1898.� Walter Reed, Victor C. Vaughan, Edward O. Shakespeare; Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1904.

- �Roster of North Carolina Volunteers in the Spanish-American War, 1898-1899.� Adjutant General, Raleigh, NC: Broughton and E.M. Uzzell State Printers, 1900.

- "Statistical Exhibit of Strength of Volunteer Forces Called Into Service During the War With Spain; with Losses From All Causes." Adjutant Generals Office, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1899.


Documents, Papers & Non-Published Materials

- General Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers who served During the War with Spain. Microfilm publication M871, 126 rolls. ARC ID: 654543; Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780s-1917, Record Group 94; The National Archives at Washington, D.C.

- Pension applications for service in the US Army between 1861 and 1900, grouped according to the units in which the veterans served. (NARA T289) National Archives & Records Administration, Washington, D.C.


Websites & Online Resources

- North Carolina History Project; The Spanish American War.

 
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