Regiment was enrolled April 26,
1898, and mustered into the service of the United
States at Springfield, Illinois, May 20, 1898.
Changed station from Springfield to Jacksonville,
Florida (Camp Cuba Libre) on May 26, 1898.
The regiment
arrived at Camp Cuba Libre on May 29, 1898. The
unit moved from Jacksonville to Savannah, Georgia
(Camp Onward) on October 20th 1898. The 4th left
Savannah on January 4th for Havana, Cuba aboard
the vessel Mobile. The regiment arrived in
Havana(Camp Columbia) on January 7, 1899.
February 19 to February 27, 1899, the regiment
was on a trial march to Guines, Cuba and return.
The distance of the march was approximately
sixty-six miles.
The unit left
Havana, Cuba to the Quarantine Camp, Egmont Key,
Florida (near Tampa) on April 14, 1899. The 4th
remained at Camp Egmont for three days and four
nights. The regiment then moved to Camp McKenzie,
Augusta, Georgia.
The 4th Illinois
Infantry Regiment was mustered out of service on
May 2, 1899 at Augusta, Georgia.
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| Company B |
Pvt. Julius A.
Schneider- St. Marie, Illinois |
Company C
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Sgt.
Marvin A. June - Cairo, Illinois |
| Company D |
Pvt. Mark L. Harris
- Belleville, IL
Musician Robert C. McElhanon -
Belleville, IL
Pvt. G. Adolph Schroeder - Belleville, IL
Pvt. Leon G. Smith - Belleville, Illinois |
Company E
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Pvt.
Joseph W. Fosnock - Mattoon, Illinois |
Company F
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Pvt. Dohn
C. Trotter - Mt. Vernon, Illinois
Pvt. Crawford B. Willibanks - Mt. Vernon,
Illinois
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Company I
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Pvt.
Arthur C. Miller - Mulberry Grove, IL
Pvt. Robert M. Smith - Bloomfield, IL
Pvt. Walter Walker -Smithboro, IL |
| Company K |
Pvt. Fred
W. Eberhardt - Litchfield, IL
Pvt. Charles E. Huber - Litchfield, IL
Cpl. Gaston DeRoy Stearns - Litchfield,
IL
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