Allen County, Indiana Genealogy

See Record of Indiana Volunteers-Spanish-American War 1898-1899 listing names, rank, and date at Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana.

Genealogy Center photo

28th Light Battery Indiana Volunteers Our Gallant Volunteers Allen County Boys Musteered into the Service of the United States May 12, 1898 for the Spanish-American War photo at theOur Military Heritage at The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

16-page The Indiana historian: Indiana in the Spanish-American War im_ihb_TIH_199809_p01 in the Indiana Memory Hosted Digital Collections at IN.gov. A photo from this was posted May 2, 2024 on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook.

Record of Indiana volunteers in the Spanish-American war 1898-1899; by Indiana. Adjutant General's Office; Indiana. General Assembly, 61st, 1899, Publication date 1900, on Archive.org.

1. The 157th, 158th, 159th, 160th, and 161st regiments of infantry, 27th and 28th batteries of light artillery, Company D, 2d U.S. engineers, 14th Signal corps company and 1st and 2d separate companies, Ind. volunteers, colored. Copied from Record of Indiana volunteers in the Spanish-American war 1898-1899 at The Library of Congress referencing the ebook above.
2. Indiana in the Spanish-American War 16 page article with a few photos by the Indiana Historian published in September 1998.
3. Spanish American War Rosters and Muster Rolls by Patrick McSherry has A Brief History of the 157th Indiana Volunteer Infantry and a partial roster A Roster of the 157th Indiana Volunteer Infantry
4. Spanish-American War stuff atOur Military Heritage at The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
5. SPANISH –AMERICAN WAR AND PHILIPPINE -AMERICAN WAR COLLECTION CA. 1898–CA. 1901 - Collection # P 0480 indicates it has photos at the Manuscript and Visual Collections Department William Henry Smith Memorial Library Indiana Historical Society 450 West Ohio Street Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

157th Regiment on page 22 companies from Fort Wayne in the Record of Indiana volunteers in the Spanish-American war 1898-1899; by Indiana Adjutant General's Office; Indiana. General Assembly, 61st, 1899 Publication date 1900 on Archive.org. It was organized at Fort Wayne on September 5, 1885 afterward transferred to the 3d Infantry, Indiana National Guard.

Company B, 2d Infantry on page 73 in the Record of Indiana volunteers in the Spanish-American war 1898-1899; by Indiana Adjutant General's Office; Indiana. General Assembly, 61st, 1899 Publication date 1900 on Archive.org. It was organized at Fort Wayne on September 5, 1885 afterward transferred to the 3d Infantry, Indiana National Guard.

28th Battery on page 62 and page 339 in the Record of Indiana volunteers in the Spanish-American war 1898-1899; by Indiana Adjutant General's Office; Indiana. General Assembly, 61st, 1899 Publication date 1900 on Archive.org. It was organized October 26, 1888 as a Gatling Gun Squad, then as a Battery July 1, 1887, with many from Fort Wayne. BTW the Gatling gun was patented November 4, 1862 by Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling a medical doctor in Indianapolis.

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