United States Army, 1st Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment muster rolls and returns

Descriptive Summary
Repository:	Georgia Historical Society
Creator:	United States. Army. Regiment Infantry, Georgia Volunteers, 1st (1898)
Title:	United States Army, 1st Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment muster rolls and returns
Dates:	1898
Extent:	0.25 cubic feet (1 oversize folder)
Identification:	MS 1012

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Biographical/Historical Note

The 1st Georgia Infantry, United States Volunteers (U.S.V.) was founded on the 1st Volunteer Regiment of Georgia. It was enrolled for service in the Spanish American War at Camp Northen in Griffin, Georgia, on May 14, 1898, and sent to Camp Thomas at Chickamauga Park, Georgia. The regiment mustered out at Macon Georgia, on November 18, 1898.

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Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of muster rolls (both muster-in and muster-out) and returns for the 1st Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the U.S.V., 1898. These papers pertain to Field and Staff.

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Index Terms

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Administrative Information

Custodial History

Material was acquired from the Colonel of the creating regiment.

Preferred Citation

[item identification], United States Army, 1st Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment muster rolls and returns, MS 1012, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Alexander R. Lawton, 1920.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Georgia Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

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Sponsorship

Encoding funded by a 2012 Documenting Democracy grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

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Container List

 

Items 1-7: Muster-In rolls, 1898 ( 7.0 items. )

Major James I Garrard; 1st Lt. and Asst. Surg. Joseph J. Jarrell; major Owen F. Kenan; 1st Lt. and Asst. Surg. William J. Litle; Part Field; Part Staff; Part Field and Staff.

 

Items 8-9: Muster rolls, 1898 ( 2.0 items. )

Field and Staff Band, June 1898; July-August, 1898.

 

Item 10: Muster-Out roll, 1898 ( 1.0 items. )

 

Items 11-22: Returns, 1898 ( 12.0 items. )

Co. A; Co. B; Co. C; Co. D; Co. E; Co. F (2); Co. G; CO. H; Co. K; Co. L; Co. M.

 

Item 23: Tri-Monthly field return, 1898 May 31 ( 1.0 items. )

 

Items 24-30: Monthly returns, 1898 ( 7.0 items. )

May (3), June, July, Aug., Sept.