The following is the history of the 5th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The unit served its term of service within the continental U.S.
The History:
The 5th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was mustered into service between May 11, 1898 and June 30, 1898 at Columbus, Ohio. With some recruiting and expansion still ongoing, late May found the unit stationed at Tampa, Florida under the command of Colonel Kennan. It had been assigned to the First Brigade, First Division of Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's Seventh Army Corps, which was stationed at Camp Cuba Libre. In late June, the entire Division was transferred to the Fourth Army Corps, which was also located near Tampa. In August, the Fourth Army Corps transferred to Huntsville, Alabama.
The regiment totaled 1,296 men and 49 officers. The unit did not
see service outside of the U.S., and was mustered out at Cleveland on November
5, 1898 (the war would not officially end until December 10, 1898 with
the Treaty of Paris, however the fighting had ended by armistice on August
13 1898). During its term of service, it lost 22 men to disease, and had
three men desert.
Cleveland Press, June 1, 1898
Clerk of Joint Committee on Printing, The Abridgement of Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress. (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1899) Vol. 3, 211, 218, 219.
Statistical Exhibit of Strength of Volunteer Forces Called into
Service During the War with Spain; with Losses from All Causes. (Washington:
Government Printing Office, 1899).
