Spanish American War

The information below was taken from ‘Roster of the Soldiers and Sailors / Spanish-American War’, which was compiled under the Authority of the House of Delegates of Maryland 1901.

I have taken the liberty of pulling those with German names from the roster. There are many that may be of German descent. If you had a relative in this war, from Maryland and they were German or of German descent, and are not on the list, please contact me at germanmarylanders@gmail.com.

The First Regiment

The First Regiment consisted of Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and K. They were mustered into the United States service on May 15th and 16th 1898. The regiment was mustered out on February 28, 1899.

Field & Staff:

Captain and Assistant Surgeon, Seith S. Ullrich Baltimore

Non-Commissioned Staff

Charles H. Shaffer Oakland

Edwin W. Dukehart Baltimore

Jacob Hurtung (musician) Baltimore

Company ‘A’ FREDERICK

Second Lieutenant Thomas L. Brewer

Sergeant Charles H. Lease

Corporal Frederick Emge

Corporal Romanus Grindler

Wagoner John. W. Neuse

Musician Harry L. Glessner

Privates

Company ‘B’ HAGERSTOWN

Captain George L. Fisher

Corporal Cortland Spielman

Corporal Jacob Reichard

Corporal William Hoffman

Wagoner Charles E. Strouse

Musician George Kauffman

Musician Henry Weber

Privates

Company ‘C’ CUMBERLAND

First Sergeant Chris Himmler

Sergeant George J. Doerner

Sergeant John C. Smith

Corporal Frank S. Martz

Corporal John H. Hoffman

Corporal Edward Dietz

Corporal William Knapp

Artificer Christian Pfister

Musician Christopher Offman

Privates

Company ‘D’ BELAIR

Second Lieutenant, Silas Smith

Privates

Company ‘E’ ELKTON

Sergeant William E. Fowler

Corporal Frank Deal

Corporal Alfred H. Miller

Wagoner Jacob Wenzler

Privates

Company ‘F’ EASTON

Wagoner James Auld

Musician Harry J. Miller

Privates

Company ‘G’ ANNAPOLIS

Sergeant John Scherger

Corporal William Krueger

Artificer William H. Smith

Musician Charles A. Ziegler

Musician Walter B. Smith

Privates

Company ‘H’ BALTIMORE

Captain George Haupt

Sergeant Harry Frisch

Corporal William Schaefer

Corporal William Hofnagle

Privates

Company ‘I’ BALTIMORE

Captain Frederick I. Mosher

Quartermaster Sergeant Charles Kemp

Sergeant Frank Woesteman

Sergeant Benjamin Stine

Corporal Frederick W. Riecke

Corporal Charles Earheart

Corporal John Groeller

Corporal Harry Hann

Artificer Earnest R. Slomaker

Wagoner Arthur Bronner

Musician William G. Marr

Musician William H. Holtzman

Privates

Company ‘K’ ROCKVILLE

Corporal Edwin Eshleman

Corporal Milton Ernest

Corporal Calvin Swonnstedt

Corporal William Brewer

Artificer James E. Eckman

Privates

Company ‘L’ BALTIMORE

Captain Andrew Feuss

First Lieutenant Charles Hahn

Sergeant Frank Totzauer

Sergeant George Meyer

Corporal George Hummel

Corporal Charles M. Albert

Corporal John Hessler

Corporal John Shuster

Corporal Otto Smith

Corporal August Lenz

Wagoner James R. Hinkle

Privates

Company ‘M’ BALTIMORE

Captain Louis Schmidt

Sergeant George A. Frederick

Corporal Charles B. Scholz

Artificer Henry Rohrbach

Musician Jacob Barman

Privates

Fifth Regiment

Assembled at Pimlico on April 25, 1898 and mustered into United States service on May 14th. Reached Baltimore on September 7th and was furloughed for theirty days from September 11th and at the end was mustered out.

Field and Staff

Major Henry M. Warfield

Battalion Adjutant and First Lieutenant Mark Herberg

Hospital Steward Robert Feltz

Battalion Sergeant Major George Kaesemeyer

Company ‘A’

Sergeant Clarence R. Diffenderfer

Sergeant Charles A. Machen

Corporal Fielder C. Slingluff, Jr.

Privates

Company ‘B’

Sergeant Clement A. Bauers

Corporal Isaac Goldenberg

Corporal James C. Zollinhofer

Artificer George W. Dolch

Privates

Company ‘C’

First Lieutenant Gustave Ridgely

Corporal Charles H. Schultz

Corporal William H. Schad

Corporal William D. Feldmeyer

Corporal William Garing

Privates

Company ‘D’

Captain Edward D. Warfield

First Sergeant George Steinman

Artificer Andrew C. Hoffman

Musician Harry Frazier

Privates

Company ‘E’

Captain John Hinkley

Sergeant Stuart Smith

Corporal Charles W. Boteler

Corporal Frank Meisel

Musician Daniel Kurz

Privates

Company ‘F’

Captain Charles D. Gaither

Second Lieutenant Samuel Conradt

Sergeant William Schepler

Corporal John A. Danzeglock

Corporal William Stauf

Privates

Company ‘G’

Quartermaster Sergeant John Kohlerman

Sergeant Henry Nagle

Corporal William E. Strauss

Corporal John Gerbig

Musician Henry Reuner

Privates

Company ‘H’

Musician Joseph Warmuth

Privates

Company ‘I’

First Sergeant Andrew Zobel

Sergeant Edward Wernsing

Sergeant Charles Strickler

Corporal Frank Buschsbaum

Corporal Frank Hitselberger

Musician Joseph Thornberg

Privates

Company ‘K’

First Sergeant William Gaither

Sergeant James Lockerman

Sergeant John Balzer

Corporal Henry C. Gaither

Corporal Otto Arnold

Corporal Edgar R. Hurst

Corporal William Smith

Corporal Dietrich F. Karl

Privates

Company ‘L’

Sergeant Charles P. Heineman

Corporal Benjamin F. Weishampel

Corporal Harry Hahn

Corporal John Geiglein

Privates

Company ‘M’

Captain George L. Deichman

First Lieutenant Ridg Gaither

Corporal Samuel Orendorf

Musician Leo Hess

Privates

NAVAL MILITIA

On April 23, 1898, eight officers and one hundred and sixty seven enlisted men reported to the ship ‘Dale’ for service on the United States ship ‘Dixie’ leaving from Norfolk.

Officers

Joseph Bonn, Lieutenant

F.E. Wagner, Assistant Surgeon

John Ott, First class machinist

L.F. Smith, Lieutenant Junior Grade

S.O. Heiskell, Passed Assistant Surgeon

Seaman

First Class Fireman

Ordinary Seaman

Landsmen

Second Class Fireman

Coal Passers

Gable, Frank

Enlisted Men