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536:, where it suffered its final battle losses. After American forces captured San Fernando, the 1st Nebraska entered the city on May 6 and stayed there through the 20th. Battle and disease had taken the regiment from a strength of 923 men on February 4 to only about 300 when it reached San Fernando. The campaign for Malolos and San Fernando had cost the regiment 20 killed and 168 wounded.
477:, and the Nebraskans burned the town in response. An investigation was launched into Stotsenburg in early March, but after interviewing men of the regiment, the investigators determined that the complaints that had led to the investigation had been made by maligners, and Stotsenburg was cleared. During the time the regiment guarded the pipeline, it lost seven men killed and 14 wounded.
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was promoted to colonel to command the regiment on
October 4. Disease caused many illnesses and deaths in the unit, and 300 soldiers were discharged in December and shipped back to the United States due to illness or infirmity. The losses to illness were partially offset by the arrival in late
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November of the additional recruits that had been authorized in June. In
December, the regiment was transferred to Camp Santa Mesa, which was in a salient of the American lines outside of Manila that would allow the regiment a route with which to quickly take the city's waterworks if needed.
407:. Soldiers in the occupying American forces often referred to the locals by racial slurs, and some of the soldiers behaved in a hostile manner towards the Chinese minority population of Manila. Some looting occurred as well. Bratt was sent home due to illness in September, and
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in July, and the ship reached San
Francisco on the night of July 29 and 30. The 1st Nebraska was mustered out on August 23, 1899, and the men boarded trains for Nebraska on August 25. During the regiment's time in service, it had 64 men killed and several hundred wounded.
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the left side of the
Filipino line. After spending March 28 repairing the capture bridge, the regiment advanced on March 29 and 30. On the latter day, it was heavily engaged after crossing the Guiguinto River. On March 31, the 1st Nebraska was present at the
298:. The unit entered United States service on either May 12 or May 10, with an enlistment period of two years or the end of the war, whichever came first. After training in Nebraska at Camp Alvin Saunders, the regiment was originally intended to be sent to
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American troops performed occupation duty in the city, with the First
Nebraska policing the waterfront district near the customs house. Tensions remained between the Americans and the Spanish and with the Filipino rebels under General
423:, although Aguinaldo and his followers still desired independence. Tensions between the Americans and the Filipinos mounted through January 1899, with the location of the 1st Nebraska's camp being a point of contention. The
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on July 20. The
American troops occupied a position established by local Filipino rebels, and at 21:40 on August 2, the 1st Nebraska came under fire for the first time. Spanish troops made a failed attempt to
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firing the first shot of the war. After fighting in the Battle of Manila and then guarding a water pipeline, the regiment was present in a campaign that began in late March and resulted in the
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473:. A larger action occurred on February 22, in which part of the regiment chased a detachment of Filipinos. On February 26, a detachment of the regiment was fired upon from the town of
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in an affair partially arranged with the local
Spanish commander, the 1st Nebraska was one of the units that advanced into the town. It did not fire a shot and suffered no casualties.
484:, and the Americans made a movement to attack it. The offensive began on March 25, with the 1st Nebraska being part of the leading American force. Fighting through
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Harry
Mulford took command of the regiment after Stotsenburg's death. The Americans, including the 1st Nebraska, then began moving to the northwest towards
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454:. During the two days of fighting, the regiment had six men killed and 22 wounded. Eight of the regiment's members were cited for gallantry.
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the
American line. During the fight, seven or eight Nebraskans were wounded and one was killed, and two men of the regiment were awarded the
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on May 20. From there, it returned to Manila by rail, where it performed guard duty for a month. On June 21, the regiment boarded the SS
520:. A charge by the Nebraskans drove off the Filipinos, but Stotsenburg was killed during the battle, having been shot through the heart.
224:. Remaining in the Philippines through the rest of the year, the 1st Nebraska was engaged when Philippine-American War and the 1899
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321:, on May 19 and 20, where the men trained more. While at Camp Merritt, an order was made to increase the size of the regiment's
539:
The United States began to replace the state volunteer regiments with new national ones, and the 1st
Nebraska was sent back to
488:, the regiment continued fighting on March 26, driving to the Meycauayan River. The next day, the regiment was present at the
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on April 25, crossing the Calumpit River and driving back Filipino forces. On May 4, the 1st Nebraska fought at the
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ended the Spanish–American War, and the United States signaled that it intended to keep the Philippines as a
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John P. Bratt commanded the unit, which would eventually receive the nickname "Fighting First".
469:, but the Filipinos found they were not having success with those tactics and began to move to
200:. After mustering in May 1898 for service in the Spanish–American War, the regiment trained in
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of the 1st Nebraska fired a shot. Firing all along the American lines soon broke out, as the
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267:, which brought the men back to the United States, where they mustered out on August 23.
310:, leaving on May 16. The trip was made by railroad and cost the government $ 15,808.80.
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while the ships took on coal. The vessels left Hawaii the next day, stopping again at
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Gathering at the Golden Gate: Mobilizing for War in the Philippines, 1898
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With Manila itself still in Spanish hands, the regiment disembarked at
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rifles. Filipino fire pinned the scouts down in a ditch, starting the
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before being returned to Manila. On July 1, the regiment boarded the
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On April 23, the 1st Nebraska sent a scouting party armed with new
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began on February 4. Filipino soldiers did not answer to American
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unit capture a bridge, and later in the action, the 1st Nebraska
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in the convoy. On June 24, the men were allowed to disembark at
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in June. The regiment was present in the actions against
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391:Private Grayson, who fired the first shots of the
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33:The 1st Nebraska Infantry Regiment advancing on
509:and captured a few small defensive positions.
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377:American troops occupied Manila on August 13
291:, on April 23 to mobilize, per orders by
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403:, who desired independence for the
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492:. Part of the regiment helped a
247:, was killed. After fighting in
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179:1st Nebraska Infantry Regiment
22:1st Nebraska Infantry Regiment
1:
480:Aguinaldo had his capital at
329:on June 15, traveling on the
547:, leaving Manila on July 1.
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1090:Coats, Stephen D. (2006).
306:, but was instead sent to
587:"First Nebraska Regiment"
308:San Francisco, California
275:Upon the outbreak of the
26:
359:was reached on July 17.
505:, where it served as a
490:Battle of Marilao River
486:San Francisco del Monte
425:Philippine–American War
393:Philippine-American War
285:Nebraska National Guard
240:, where its commander,
222:the capture of the city
212:before leaving for the
198:Philippine–American War
108:Battle of Marilao River
103:Battle of Manila (1899)
98:Philippine–American War
91:Battle of Manila (1898)
16:United States Army unit
395:
255:the regiment occupied
534:Battle of Santo Tomas
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300:Camp George H. Thomas
253:Battle of Santo Tomas
220:in August, including
128:Battle of Santo Tomas
1101:South Dakota History
981:, pp. 247, 249.
957:, pp. 241, 246.
861:, pp. 232, 234.
822:, pp. 228, 231.
786:, pp. 225, 227.
762:, pp. 223, 225.
750:, pp. 220, 222.
373:Certificate of Merit
293:Governor of Nebraska
277:Spanish–American War
194:Spanish–American War
86:Spanish–American War
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1017:, pp. 323–324.
1005:, pp. 252–253.
945:, pp. 240–241.
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798:, pp. 227–228.
738:, pp. 218–219.
663:, p. 213, 216.
421:colonial possession
409:John M. Stotsenburg
339:, with three other
279:in April 1898, two
245:John M. Stotsenburg
188:that served in the
157:John M. Stotsenburg
921:, p. 238–239.
639:, p. 212–213.
530:Battle of Calumpit
503:Capture of Malolos
436:William W. Grayson
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349:Republic of Hawaii
249:Battle of Calumpit
234:Capture of Malolos
230:William W. Grayson
190:United States Army
123:Battle of Calumpit
113:Capture of Malolos
518:Battle of Quingua
471:guerrilla warfare
467:set-piece battles
459:artillery battery
415:In December, the
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238:Battle of Quingua
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405:Philippines
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353:Wake Island
228:began with
214:Philippines
192:during the
80:Engagements
35:Santo Tomas
1129:Categories
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883:Grant 1974
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700:Coats 2006
625:Grant 1974
564:References
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341:troopships
210:California
138:Commanders
475:Mariquina
429:sentinels
331:steamship
323:companies
281:regiments
261:steamship
601:29 April
557:Yokohama
553:Nagasaki
541:Calumpit
369:outflank
345:Honolulu
251:and the
202:Nebraska
196:and the
186:regiment
183:infantry
74:Regiment
64:Infantry
1084:Sources
549:Hancock
545:Hancock
482:Malolos
446:on the
433:Private
347:in the
336:Senator
312:Colonel
304:Georgia
283:of the
265:Hancock
242:Colonel
204:and at
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327:Manila
218:Manila
60:Branch
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