120 Years Ago Today–
On April 19, 1898, soldiers of the Old Guard, numbering around 650 men, left Fort Snelling, MN aboard trains headed to Chicago. After a brief stop and transfer in Chicago, they headed to Mobile, AL. Mobile would serve a stop on the way to combat in Cuba. The Regiment would train and prepare in Mobile until ordered to Tampa, FL on May 1, 1898.
Old Guard History 