49th Artillery, C.A.C.

The 49th Regiment was organized in July 1918 at Camp Eustis, Virginia. In September the regiment was moved to Camp Stuart Virginia and prior to sailing moved to Port of Embarkation, Newport News, Virginia in October, 1918. The regiment sailed to France in October, 1918 and went to O&T Center No. 4 (Operations and Training), Angers France. The 49th along with the 48th and 50th Regiments made up the 38th Artillery Brigade. The training of the regiment had not yet commenced when the war ended. If the regiment would have been trained they were to be assigned to the 8" American Howitzer. These were of a British blueprint but assembled by the Midvale Steel Company. The regiment returned to the States in March of 1919 going to Camp Merritt, New Jersey. The 49th Regiment was demobilized at Camp Grant, Illinois in March 1919. 

I compiled this info on the 49th Regiment after a request for information from Blake Spillers who was researching his grandfather PFC C. E. Spillers who was a member of the 49th Regiment.

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This page was created on 1 December, 2002 and last updated on 6/17/07