Soldiers from Fort Spokane

ID: 4719 ~ Source: Photo courtesy of Sentinel of Silence
This file appears in: The Army Years at Fort Spokane

Soldiers from 2nd Infantry pose on the parade grounds for a photograph

This file appears in: The Army Years at Fort Spokane

By Josh Van Veldhuizen
Soldiers packed their bags and wrote farewell letters to their families. The call for war had sounded, and the elements of the 16th infantry regiment stationed at Fort Spokane had been activated for deployment. The year was 1898 and the Spanish…