New York and the War with Spain: History of the Empire State Regiments |
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Adjutant Albany appointed April armory Army Corps arrived artillery Assistant Surgeon August Battalion Adjutant battle Brigade Brigadier-General Camp Black Camp Wikoff Captain Cavalry Chaplain Charles Colonel Downs command commissioned Company F company L Corporal Cuba December detailed died of fever discharged Division Hospital drill Dunn Loring duty Edward EDWARD DUFFY El Caney encamped enlisted Fernandina field Florida Frank George Governor Headquarters honor Hundred Huntsville James July June Lieutenant-Colonel list of officers Major Major-General ment miles military record militia Montauk morning N. Y. Vols National Guard November o'clock October orders organization pany Port Tampa promoted Quartermaster received recruits regi resigned road San Juan Hill Santiago Second Lieutenant Separate Company September Sergeant Seventy-first Seventy-first Regiment ship Siboney sick Sixty-ninth soldiers staff subsequently Tampa teers tents tion transport troops Troy typhoid fever U. S. service United States Army United States service Washington wounded York city York Volunteers
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