| Scope and content |
The four month stay in Cuba of the 1st Battalion, 1st North Carolina Volunteers, from December 1898 through March 1899 is documented in these sixty amateur albumen photographs with captions. The photographs are 3 1/2" x 3 3/8" in 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" mounts. The soldiers arrived in Havana, Cuba, the day after the Treaty of Paris was signed ending the Spanish American War. |
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| Cite as |
1st Battalion, 1st NC Volunteer Infantry, in Cuba Collection (#1343), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA |
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| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Purchased from Tavistock Books. |
| Biographical note | The 1st North Carolina Volunteer Infantry was mustered in May 3-11, 1899 at Raleigh, N.C. and mustered out Apr. 22, 1899 at Savannah, Ga. The 1st volunteers were the first American soldiers to arrive in Havana, Cub and served in there from Dec. 11, 1898, 1898 to Mar. 28, 1899. |
