1st West Virginia Infantry Co. L and
6th Ohio Infantry, Co. L.
Contributed by Holley Pauley
This interesting image, taken in November of 1898, shows the 1st West
Virginia Infantry, Co. L serving Thanksgiving Dinner to the 6th Ohio Infantry,
Co. L. The 1st West Virginia Infantry stated in the United States during
the war. The 6th Ohio served in Cuba. This dinner occurred at Knoxville,
Tennessee.
Bibliography:
Wright, General Marcus J., Wright's Official History of the Spanish
American War.
(Washington: War Records Office 1900). 258 (this source gives another
image of the event, with the men sitting).
