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Spanishwar - Rosters The Shine Guards, Company C, 1st Florida Infantry Regiment, United States Volunteers, 1898-1899
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The Shine Guards, Company C, 1st Florida Infantry Regiment, United States Volunteers, 1898-1899
ˇ§THE SHINE GUARDSˇ¨
COMPANY C, 1ST FLORIDA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT
This company was organized in Orlando, Florida, and left there by rail on May 14th,
1898, for Tampa, a distance of 92 miles; arrived there on May 14th, and pitched camp
at Fort Brooke, Tampa, Florida. Was mustered into service there on May 20th, 1898;
broke camp and marched to DeSoto Park and pitched camp there on May 27th; moved with
the Regiment on July 21st from Tampa to Fernandina, Florida, by rail a distance of
at least 250 miles. Arrived at Fernandina on July 22nd, pitched camp there the same
date; broke camp with the Regiment about noon on August 22nd, and marched into town,
a distance of one mile, about 6 p.m. same date, and bivouacked in the streets until
non of August 23rd, when they left by rail for Huntsville, Alabama, which latter
place was reached about 11 a.m. on August 25th; distance traveled about six hundred
miles, via Callahan, Florida, Waycross, Macon, & Atlanta, Georgia, and Chattanooga,
Tennessee; pitched temporary camp on August 25th. On August 26th marched about one
mile pitched permanent camp, distance about one mile and a half from town. Broke
camp at Huntsville on October 9th, and departed from there at 8:45 p.m. same date by
rail via Chattanooga, Tennessee, Atlanta, Macon, Albany, & Thomasville, Georgia, and
Monticello, Florida, for Tallahassee, a distance of about five hundred miles; which
latter place was reached about 9 a.m. on October 11th, 1898, and pitched camp in
Houstonˇ¦s Green, distance about one mile from town.
„«	CAPTAIN
Bradshaw, John N.: Mustered into service on April 25th, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1899.
„«	FIRST LIEUTENANT
Hart, Augustus C.: Mustered into service as 1st Lieutenant of Company C on April
23rd (25th?), 1898; transferred to Company B per Special Order No. 136, no date;
honorably mustered out of service on January 27th, 1899; Appointed Captain in the
47th United States Volunteer Infantry Regiment on August 17th, 1899; accepted the
commission on September 18th, 1899.
West, Joseph C.: Mustered into service as 1st Lieutenant of Company B on April 23rd,
1898; transferred to Company C on October 16th, 1899, per Special Order No. 130;
mustered out of service on December 3rd, 1898.
„«	SECOND LIEUTENANT
McDowell, Charles E.: Mustered into service as 1st Sergeant on April 25th, 1898;
promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on July 1st, 1898; mustered out of service on December
3rd, 1898.
Shuler [Schuller], Frank X.: Mustered into service as 2nd Lieutenant of Company C on
April 25th, 1898; appointed 1st Lieutenant & Regimental Quartermaster on June 2nd,
1898; promoted to Captain & Regimental Quartermaster on September 10th, 1898;
mustered out of service on December 3rd, 1898.
„«	FIRST SERGEANT
Wilson, John R.: Mustered into service as Quartermaster Sergeant on April 23rd,
1898; promoted to 1st Sergeant on July 1st, 1898; mustered out of service on
December 3rd, 1898.
„«	QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT
Decker, Thomas M.: Mustered into service as a Private on May 18th, 1898; promoted to
Quartermaster Sergeant on July 1st, 1898; mustered out of service on December 3rd,
1898.
„«	SERGEANT
Forsythe, James: Mustered into service as a Corporal on April 23rd, 1898; promoted
to Sergeant on July 9th, 1898; mustered out of service on December 3rd, 1898.
Kenny, Frank P.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Morey, Eugene B.: Mustered into service as a Sergeant in Company C on April 23rd,
1898; transferred to the Regimental Band on July 13th, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Robertson [Roberson], Edward: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered
out of service on December 3rd, 1898.
Welch, Charles H.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
„«	CORPORAL
Amsden, Amory B. (O.?): Mustered into service as a Corporal in Company C on April
25th, 1898; promoted to Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant on September 10th, 1898;
mustered out of service on December 3rd, 1898.
Banks, Edward P.: Mustered into service as a Corporal in Company C on April 25th,
1898; transferred to Company B per Regimental Order No. 42, October 9th, 1898;
mustered out of service on January 27th, 1899.
Bartlett, Percy G.: Mustered into service as a Private on April 25th, 1898; promoted
to Corporal on July 9th, 1898; mustered out of service on December 3rd, 1898.
Carter, John C.: Mustered into service on May 9th, 1898; mustered out of service on
December 3rd, 1898. [Born in 1864; Died on January 1st, 1919 and is buried at the
Woodlawn Cemetery in the City of Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida.]
Cary, Geoffry Elwes:  Mustered into service on May 18th, 1898; discharged on
September 28th, 1898, per Special Order No. 118.
Gleach, Frank M.: Mustered into service as a Private on April 23rd, 1898; promoted
to Corporal on August 1st, 1898; mustered out of service on December 3rd, 1898.
King, Roswell: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service on
December 3rd, 1898.
Perkins, Samuel: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Rogers, James: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service on
December 3rd, 1898.
White, Gabe H.: Mustered into service as a Private on April 23rd, 1898; promoted to
Corporal on August 1st, 1898; mustered out of service on December 3rd, 1898.
„«	ARTIFICER
Clayton, Benjamin W.: Mustered into service on April 25th, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
„«	WAGONER

„«	MUSICIAN
Amold [Arnold], Roland: Mustered into service as a Bugler on April 25th, 1898;
mustered out of service on December 3rd, 1898.
Butt, Arthur T.: Mustered into service as a Musician on April 23rd, 1898; mustered
out of service on December 3rd, 1898.
„«	PRIVATE
Allen, Clifford: Mustered into service on April 25th, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Allen, John E.: Mustered into service on April 25th, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Anderson, John A.: Mustered into service on April 25th, 1898; died on August 15th,
1898, at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia. [There is a Private John Anderson of
Company C who died on June 2nd, 1923 and is buried at the Washington State Soldiers
Home in Orting, Washington.]
Baker, Walter: Mustered into service on July 23rd, 1898.
Barker, George A.: Mustered into service on April 25th, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Barksdale, Edward H.: Mustered into service on April 25th, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Barrow, R.E.: Mustered into service on July 3rd, 1898.
Bartlett, Clifford T.: Mustered into service on April 25th, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Bates, Walter: Mustered into service on April 26th, 1898; transferred to the
Hospital Corps per Special Orders No. 126.
Boone, William B.: Mustered into service on July 15th, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Bowman, B[ert] T.: Mustered into service on July 17th [15th], 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Browne, Horace: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Brunson, Laurence E.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Bruton, James H.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Bryant, Guy A.: Mustered into service on July 17th, 1898.
Bumby, Jesse: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service on
December 3rd, 1898.
Campbell, William B.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Carlten, Norman J.: Mustered into service on June 9th, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Christopher, Rufus S.E.: Mustered into service on August 22nd, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Cisco, Victor W.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Combs, Walter H.: Mustered into service on April 25th, 1898; transferred to the
Regimental Hospital Service in June of 1898.
Cooper, Vanden W.: Mustered into service on April 25th, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Cox, Emory E.: Mustered into service on July 19th, 1898; mustered out of service on
December 3rd, 1898.
Crews, Joseph L.: Mustered into service on April 25th, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Curdollo, Frank: Mustered into service on April 25th, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Darling, Thomas J.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
DeCantillon, William: Mustered into service on July 3rd, 1898; deserted on August
28th, 1898.
Donnehy, Patrick: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Dumsuer, Hugh W.: Mustered into service on June 6th, 1898; dropped from the Rolls on
July 18th, 1898; deserted from the United States Army Signal Corps.
Edwards, Marvel Jones: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898. [Born in 1869; Died in 1940 and is buried at the
Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida.]
Evans, Frank: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service on
December 3rd, 1898.
Frierson, Thomas M.: Mustered into service on July 23rd, 1898; discharged for
disability in September of 1898.
Fulford, John W.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898. [Born on May 12th, 1870; Died on April 13th, 1934 and is
buried at the Keystone United Methodist Cemetery in Keystone, Hillsborough County,
Florida.]
Gainer, Frank E.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Garner, Charles E[dward]: Mustered into service on June 7th, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898. [Born in 1864; Died in 1918 and is buried at the
Bloomingdale Cemetery in Brandon, Hillsborough County, Florida.]
Gates, William S.: Mustered into service on July 27th, 1898.
Golladay, William G.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Hall, W.R.: Mustered into service on July 3rd, 1898.
Hansen, Peter: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service on
December 3rd, 1898.
Hartley, Charles E.: Mustered into service on July 16th [15th], 1898; discharged for
disability on April 5th, 1898.
Hawes, Oscar S.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Holley, Edmund R.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Hurlbut, D.E.: Mustered into service on July 17th, 1898.
Hurlbut, Van D.R.: Mustered into service on July 17th, 1898.
Jackson, Edwin L.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Jaudon Jr., Paul B.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Jones, Leroy D: Mustered into service as a Private in Company D on April 25th, 1898;
transferred to Company C on October 9th, 1898; mustered out of service on December
3rd, 1898. [Rolls of Company D also state that he mustered in on May 12th and was
discharged for disability on August 29th, 1898]
Kettel, Daniel: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Lake, Harrold: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service on
December 3rd, 1898.
Landis, Arthur C.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Lanier, Louis M.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Lee, Eugene E.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; deserted on October 8th,
1898.
Libby, Edwin R.
Lord, Charles R.: Mustered into service as a Private in Company C on July 17th
[15th], 1898; transferred to Company F on October 9th, 1898; mustered out of service
on January 27th, 1899.
Lyons, John F.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Lynch, Walter: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service on
December 3rd, 1898.
Martin, Robert N.: Mustered into service on June 22nd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
McConnell, Adolph M.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
McDonald, Charles L.: Mustered into service as a Private in Company F on July 3rd
[August 3rd], 1898; transferred to Company C on October 9th, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
McGuire, James F.: Mustered into service on July 12th, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
McGuire, James T.: Mustered into service on July 14th, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
McLarty, Charles E.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
McLarty, W.: Mustered into service on June 4th, 1898; mustered out of service on
December 3rd, 1898.
McNeil, W. William: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Miller, Charles F.: Mustered into service on January 1st, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Mitchell, C.W.: Mustered into service on July 29th, 1898; mustered out of service on
December 3rd, 1898.
Nix, Ralph E.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service on
December 3rd, 1898.
Norton, Taylor Seymour: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Norton-Taylor, Bracy: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Partin, John E.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Pennell, Elon G.: Mustered into service on July 13th [August 3rd], 1898; mustered
out of service on December 3rd, 1898.
Piatt, A.S.: Mustered into service on July 22nd, 1898; mustered out of service on
December 3rd, 1898.
Piatt, Charles B.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Piatt, Edward H.:  Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Propst, Jacob D.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Reans, Weather H.: Mustered into service on June 22nd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Reed, Fonda: Mustered into service on July 14th, 1898; mustered out of service on
December 3rd, 1898.
Robertson, H.C.: Mustered into service on July 22nd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Robertson, James W.: Mustered into service as a Private in Company C on July 22nd
[June 21st], 1898; transferred to Company D on October 9th, 1898; mustered out of
service on January 27th, 1899.
Rouke, William: Mustered into service on July 10th, 1898; mustered out of service on
December 3rd, 1898.
Sacher, Adolph: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Schmidt, Frank: Mustered into service on April 25th, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Scott, Thomas M.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Shaw, William J.: Mustered into service on April 25th, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Smith, Charles S.: Mustered into service on April 25th, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Smith, Thomas F.: Mustered into service on April 25th, 1898; transferred to the
Hospital Corps on June 7th, 1898.
Sraman, Louis: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service on
December 3rd, 1898.
Stafford, Robert F.: Mustered into service on April 25th, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Stephens, Albert R.: Mustered into service as a Sergeant in Company B on April 25th,
1898; transferred to Company C as a Private on October 8th, 1898.
Strand, Clarence E.: Mustered into service on April 25th, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Taylor, George A.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; transferred to Company
B on October 9th, 1898; [NOT LISTED WITH COMPANY B]
Taylor, Robert: Mustered into service as a Private in Company C on June 2nd [July
3rd], 1898; transferred to Company B on October 8th, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Walker, Luther: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
Wall, William C.: Mustered into service as a Private in Company D on May 5th [11th],
1898; transferred to Company C on October 9th, 1898; mustered out of service on
December 3rd, 1898.
Webb, William T.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
White, James M.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of service
on December 3rd, 1898.
White, William W.: Mustered into service on April 23rd, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Whitehurst, Elbert L.: Mustered into service on June 10th, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.
Wilson, Daniel [David] C.: Mustered into service as a Private in Company B on June
11th, 1898; transferred to Company C on October 8th, 8th, 1898; mustered out of
service on December 3rd, 1898.

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