Eighth Regiment PA History & Soldiers
Pursuant to General Orders No 7, Adjutant General’s Office, the Eighth regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, reported at Mount Gretna at noon on Thursday, April 28, 1898, for the purpose of volunteering in the U. S. volunteer service in the war with Spain. The severely inclement weather prevented the regiment from erecting camp until Friday morning, April 29. The strength of the regiment was 43 officers and 596 enlisted men, a total of 639. In distributing the quota assigned to Pennsylvania among the several organizations that were to enter the service, recruits were to be added to each company, and …