Porto Rican Heroes of Company F Return to Moline
Moline welcomes Company F Sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteers with a citywide celebration. The train from Springfield arrives at 1:05 pm amid cheers and whistles as veterans parade through Third Avenue to Masonic Hall for a public reception. Mayor Swensson and Col. Reid laud the soldiers for endurance and service in Porto Rico, with officer histories and a roster of returning men and wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warners
Company F
Moline
Rock Island
Company B
Geneseo
Springfield
St. E
Po & N
Peoria
Wyoming
EE Morgan
W. P Ammerman
Hufus Walker
M Sechler
Bob. Crowder
Stoien Hirsch
Clp. Grants
G Swensson
Eighth Street
Third Avenue
Naval
Graham Post
Swensson
D. C. Reid
Sixth Regiment
Illinois Volunteers
Edward Kittilsen
Ue. F
F. J. Clendenin
Seventh Avenue
George M. Gould
Second Avenue
Marvin H. Lyon
Ponce
Utuado
Porto Rico
Philadelphia
Relief
George T. Crowder
Fifth Avenue
Rudolphus Hicks
Regular Army
Camp Tanner
Wallace Adams
Twelfth Avenue
Albert Swanson
Thirteenth Street
Walter Shadle
George E. Gibbs
Second Ave
Fred N. McIntosh
Robert F. Reid
Nineteenth Street
John H. Fisher
South Moline
Langbehn
Henry
Fifteenth Street
Camp Alger
McClinthen
Fay
Burlington
Iowa
McClosky
George
Orion
Ill
McLoughlin
C. D
Milan
MecCorrison
Samuel D
Sixth Avenue
Twenty-first Street
McKinnon
Malcolm,Jr
Oak Park
Madden
David P
Comanche
Maxwell
Charles B
Port Byron
Foster
Miller
Franklin P
Twentyfourth Avenue
Murray
Fred
Nelson
Second Street
Gust
Twenty-third Street
Nissen
George P
Norton
Joseph
O’brein
Olin
George D
Oberg
Alfred
Lampassac
Peterson
Nels P
Davenport
Theodore
Lynn
Exterean
Victor
Fourth Avenue
Platz
Frank
Racine
Wis
Ream
Hampshire
Porto
Smith
Wendt
New Windsor
Stromberg
Oscar
Third Street
Sunblade
Arthur
Seventeenth Avenue
Thorpe
John T
Moline Heights
Turner
Sheffield
Veley
Aaron
Waterloo
Weatlin
Axel
White
Frank W
Lampassas
Wood
John H
Wright
Howard
Harry
Camp al
Porto Riche
G. A
War chronology of Company F Sixth Illinois Regiment 1878 1898
Detailed timeline follows Company F of the Sixth Illinois Regiment from its 1878 organization through its 1898 Cuban service. It covers mobilization at Moline, training, transport on the Columbia, landings at Guantanamo and Guanica, campaigns in Porto Rico, returns to New York, and homecoming events. It notes personnel, casualties, discipline, supply issues, notable figures, and civic ceremonies accompanying the unit’s voyage and occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utuado
Porto Rico
Moline
Jeffries
James E
Davenport
Iowa
Jenkinson
Charles F
South Moline
Ponce
Johnson
Theodore
Tenth Street
Jordan
Myron
Third Avenue
Garrettson
David Madden
Kerr
Harry L
Rock Island
Lammpassas
Guanica
Harbor
Charleston
S. C
New York
Kain
James D
Chicago
Owen
Troy
Ohio
Kepple
Andrew
Fourteenth Avenue
Thirty-fifth Street
Lofgren
Emil
Rockford
Til
Lindahl
Charles A
Sheffield
Ill
Sixth
Laurin
Charles E
Thirteenth Street
Lovejoy
Stephen
Fifth Avenue
I. N.G
Clendenin
Leutenant
Springfield
United States Service
Camp Alger
Falls Church
U.S. S. Columbia
U. S. S. Columbia
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba
U. S. S. New York
Columbia
Santiago Harbor
Santiago
Miles
U.S
Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo Harbor
U.S. S. Southern
N. R. Lamb
Chas
Lorving
St. Nicholas Mole
Porto Tica
Guamen
Geneseo
City of Guanien
Massachusetts
Alfred Oberg
Yauco
Tallaboa
Alger
Ats A.m
Krag-Jorgensen Rifles
Arecibo
Adjuntas
Lyon
Relief
Philadelphia
City
Manitoba
Mayaguez
Middle West
Toole
Ferris
Tompkinsville
Hoboken
N. J
West Shore Road
Springfeld
Patrioticc
Camp Lincoln
Also Mentioned on This Page
W.R.C
Warrior Heroes
Tas
Reid
Sons of America
Kittiisen
Smnth
Frank.lenderin
Fret Moench
George Vic Gould
Gaylord
Reece
Old Point Comfort
Detroit
Frank J. Crendenin
United States
Charles Schemp
Samuel Burrows
Twenty-ninth Street
Bernhard Bolin
Twelfth Street
George Norton
Maych
Fred BE. Netzer
Osborn, HI
Oscar —Nderberg
Martin Weaver
Charles R. Holmes
Bloomington
Clarence Kraft
August Waelkie
Rock Islland
William McCulloch
Dolph
Twentyesixth Avenue
Sampasas
Ms Company
Lampasas
Wagoner
John HH. Kneberg
Anderson
Carl
Anderson Charles
Baldwin
Cable
Rethel
Town
Bachman
Fair Road
Brown
Tom
Berglund
Saampasas
Guamea Harbor
Byers
John W
Libertyville
Towa
Carey
Chelsea
Mass
Graham
Aris Corps
Campbell
Albert
Engdale
Fisher
Charles
Gould
Albert S
Twenty-third Avenue
Ponce Hospital
Hall
Joseph P
U. S
Adjuntas Hospital
Columbus
Hamman
Paul
Lampassasz
8. C
Harrington
Melvin S
Princeton
Hayes
Hill
Carl O
Rocksland
Hodge
Valley
Ingersoll
Aterloo
Ind
Cleveland
Ingernoll
Rico
Rydqurst
Lawin
Fred C
Monona County
Schaerges
Schell
William
Sherrill
John F
Colona
Kenneth F
Illinois Regiment
Wagner Opera House
Kittilsen
George Baldwin
T. F. Carlson
North Henderson
J. G. Swensson
Fischer
Jonas Cain
Arthur Hayes
Owen Kerr
Wm. Schell
Lockport
Geneseo Company
Cambridge
Chicago Times-Herald
Tanner
Hinois National Guard
Charles Truas
Olin G. Hoover
Camp Cuba Libre
Jacksonville
Geo. K. Hoover
Children’s Home Society
Iood
Hood
Bismare
THE
Ted. Femme