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Excerpt from Roster and Addresses of the Second New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in the Spanish-American War, 1898 Left Sea Girt June 1, 1898, and arrived at Camp Cuba Libre, Jacksonville, Fla June 3, 1898, and was assigned to the First Brigade, Second Division, Seventh Army Corps, commanded by Major General Fitzhugh Lee. This regiment remained at Camp Cuba Libre (except Company G, which was detailed to the rifle range) until Sept. 2, 1898. Headquarters and Companies A, B, D, E, F, G, H, I, K and M left Jacksonville Sept. 2 and reached Pablo Beach, Fla, the same day, and established camp. Company G remained at rifle range; Company C remained at the former regimental c& Company L had been at Pablo Beach on provost duty for some time previous. Owing to the large number sick with typhoid fever, on Sept. 20, 1898, the regiment left Florida and arrived at Sea Girt Sept. 22, as per orders from the War Department, to be mustered out. Later in the day each company left for its respective home quarters. The regiment assembled again Oct. 12 at Sea Girt. On Oct. 17 a thirty-day furlough was granted to the entire command. Nov. 17, 1898, the regiment was mustered out of the United States service. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.