1901 Program of First Reunion
This document is a program of the first reunion of the Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which served in the Spanish-American War, in 1901. The document is found in the Frank Gerlach file.
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Page 1 (back fold)
Record
Assembled Akron, Ohio, April 28, 1898.
Encamped Camp Bushnell, Columbus, Ohio, April 29, 1898
Mustered in U.S. Volunteer Service, Columbus, Ohio, May 13, 1898.
Encamped Camp Alger, Falls Church, Va., May 18, 1898.
Embarked from Port New York, U.S. Transport Mohawk, August 17, 1898.
Landed Montauk Point, L. I., N. Y., Detention Camp, August 26, 1898.
Furloughed 60 days, September 9, 1898.
Assembled for muster out, Wooster, Ohio, November 9, 1898.
Muster out November 21, 1898.
Page 2 (Cover)
First Reunion
Eighth Regiment O.V.I.
Spanish-American War Veterans
Akron, Ohio, November 20-21, 1901
Patriotic Entertainment, Opera House, 8 P. M.
Wednesday, November 20
Business Session, G. A. R. Hall, 10 A. M.
Thursday, November 21
Camp Fire, G. A. R. Hall, 2 P. M.
Thursday, November 21