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Lauderdale County, Mississippi Spanish-American
War Unit |
Lauderdale County's Volunteers to the
Spanish-American War.
The Spanish-American War was a
brief armed conflict between the United States and Spain over
issues regarding the liberation of Cuba. The U. S.
President, William McKinley, called for volunteers in April of
1898 and the war, for all intents and purposes was concluded by
August of the same year. The Treaty of Paris, signed on 10
December of 1898 formally concluded the conflict.
As a result of the war, the U. S.
found itself with Spain's remaining overseas territories
including the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam. This is
also the conflict in which future President Theodore Roosevelt
rose to prominence when he rose to command the 1st Calvary
Regiment, the "Rough Riders."
Company I of the 1st Mississippi
Infantry Regiment, United States Volunteers was mustered into
United States Service on 17 May 1898, at Jackson, Mississippi
for a term of two years service. Although it was moved first to
Georgia then, later to Tennessee for training purposes in
preparation for the ensuing conflict, the regiment remained
within the territorial boundaries of the Unites States.
The unit was finally stationed at
Columbia, Tennessee, where it was mustered out of the service on
20 December 1898, little more than ten days after the signing of
the Treaty of Paris that ended the war.
1st Mississippi Infantry Regiment
United States Volunteers
Company I Roster
CPT Charles W.
Schamber,
Commanding.
Company I was raised from the volunteers of Lauderdale County
and Meridian,
Mississippi as well as the surrounding communities.
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Name |
Rank |
Hometown |
Comments |
Allen,
Bennett R. |
Private |
Meridian |
Promoted
Captain |
Anderson, Henry |
Private |
Meridian |
Resigned. |
Bell,
James A. |
Private |
Meridian |
Promoted First
Lieutenant |
Brett, Homer |
Sergeant |
Meridian |
Promoted Second Lieutenant |
Briggs,
Robert |
Private |
Meridian |
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Broach, Elan E. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Brown,
Paul |
Sergeant |
Meridian |
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Cannon, Rupert |
Private |
Meridian |
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Chatfield,
B. N. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Clark, E. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Comfort,
James S. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Cornwell, John B. |
Private |
Oklahoma City, OK Terr. |
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Curling,
Arthur D. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Dabney, Frank |
Private |
Meridian |
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Doherty,
Joseph C. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Dugan, William |
Private |
Meridian |
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Durham,
Dewitt C. |
Private |
Enterprise |
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Easterling, James H. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Enslem,
William E. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Featherstun, W. M. |
Private |
Meridian. |
Promoted Band Sergeant,
Transferred Regimental Band |
Flanagan,
Frank J. |
Private |
Meridian |
Transferred
Regimental Band |
Flowers, Thomas C. |
Private |
Crawley, LA |
Transferred Regimental Band |
Gathright,
William A. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Greely, John S. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Griffin,
Berry W. |
Artificer |
Meridian |
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Griffin, Mortimer A. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Hackett,
John A. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Hall, Earl W. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Hamilton,
Oscar E. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Hanna, Mabry A. |
Private |
Meridian |
Discharged Aug 9, 1898. |
Harvey,
Alexis T. |
Sergeant |
Meridian |
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Heiss, G. M. |
Sergeant |
Meridian |
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Heiss,
John L. |
Private |
Enterprise |
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Hoskins, Henry C. |
Private |
Bay St. Louis |
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Huddleston,
E. F. |
Sergeant |
Meridian |
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Jacobson, Gabe |
Second Lieutenant |
Meridian |
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James,
William R. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Jenkins, Homer [Henry] D. |
Private |
Whitney, TX |
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Jones,
Henry H. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Jones, James E. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Keeton,
Luther |
Private |
Belmont, AL |
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Kenney, Thomas M. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Kling,
George B. |
Private |
Chicago, IL |
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Lawson, James T. |
Corporal |
Meridian |
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Leake,
John S. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Lee, Fitzhugh |
Private |
Meridian |
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Love,
James L. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Love, James M. |
Musician |
White Plains, AL |
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Lowenberg,
Henry |
Private |
Meridian |
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Martin, Edwin M. |
First Lieutenant |
Meridian |
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Martin,
Percy L. |
Corporal |
Meridian |
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McCants, J. R. |
Private |
Shubuta |
Transferred Company K,
Discharged Aug 12, 1898. |
McCants,
Samuel I. |
First Sergeant |
Meridian |
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McNair, John C. |
Private |
Died on August 22nd, 1898. |
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McPhilling,
James A. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Merett, William E. |
Private |
Washington, D.C. |
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Merritt,
Frank E. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Meyer, Ollie J. |
Private |
Riverdale, AL |
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Miley,
Robert C. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Montgomery, Walter R. |
Private |
Meridian |
Transferred Regimental Band |
Moody,
Hall J. |
Private |
Bay City, MI |
Discharged Dec
5, 1898. |
Moore, Matthew H. |
Private |
Meridian |
Discharged Sept 8, 1898. |
Moss,
John C. |
Private |
Dixon, MS |
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Moss, Luther G. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Mytton,
Richard G. V. |
Musician |
Ellisville, MS |
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Osburn, A. W. |
Corporal |
Ellisville, MS |
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Overby,
Millard F. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Perkins, Isaiah |
Private |
Meridian |
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Pippin,
William T. |
Private |
Meridian |
Discharged July
2, 1898. |
Price, Thomas T. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Rabbitt,
Frank P. |
Private |
Chicago, IL |
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Ray, John E. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Ready,
Maurice D. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Reynolds, James M. |
Private |
Meridian. |
Company K,transfer in. |
Saunders,
Hosea R. |
Private |
Sucamoochee |
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Schamber, Charles W. |
Captain |
Toomsuba |
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Self,
Thomas H. |
Corporal |
Pacuta |
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Shields, Edwin |
Private |
Ambay, IL |
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Shumate,
John L. |
Private |
Died Sept 11,
1898. |
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Slaughter, James C. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Smith,
William F. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Sturges, Wilton T. |
Quartermaster Sergeant |
Meridian |
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Sullivan,
Edward D. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Walker, Anthony J. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Walker,
Dryden L. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Ward, James A. |
Corporal |
Memphis |
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Weil,
Eugene I. |
Private |
Hattiesburg |
Transferred
Company M |
West, Osceola C. |
Private |
Meridian |
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White,
Edgar M. |
Private |
Meridian |
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White, William A. |
Corporal |
Winona |
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Williams,
David R. |
Private |
Meridian |
Transferred
Regimental Band |
Williams, James E. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Williams,
Parks |
Private |
Meridian |
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Williams, Zan |
Private |
Meridian. |
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Wilson,
James C. |
First Sergeant |
Meridian |
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Wilson, Sol M. |
Private |
Meridian |
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Wolf,
Jake |
Wagoner |
Meridian |
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Also note that at some point, CPT
Charles W. Schamber of Meridian, Mississippi resigned his
commission. 1LT Edwin M. Martin, also of Meridian, was
promoted to Captain and commanded the company thereafter.
No date is available for the change of command. |
Content Copyright 2009 W. L. White and The
Constantine Rea Historical Society.
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