C.C. Calmes was born in Dennis Mills, LA, and enlisted for the Spanish-American War on 9 July 1898 as a member of Company "B", 5th United States Volunteer Infantry.
The 5th U.S. Vol. Inf. was "mustered in" at Camp Walthall near Columbus, Mississippi, on the banks of the Tombigbee River. The regiment departed for Savannah, GA on 6 August, 1898; left the U.S. aboard transport ships on 8 August 1898; and arrived in Cuba on 12 August 1898. While in Cuba, Private C.C. Calmes contracted malaria in October 1898, returned to the U.S. on 17 December 1898, and was medically discharged 30 March 1899.
After the war, C.C. Calmes married Mary Alice Merrill on 22 February 1911. He then worked for the Meridian & Memphis Railway, and while he lived in Moorehead, MS, he fathered one son (who died as a toddler), and three daughters. He unfortunately contracted tuberculosis, and he spent some time in 1919 at the Battle Mountain Sanitarium of the US National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Hot Springs, South Dakota, before he later moved back to Louisiana to be near his family as he died.
The 5th U.S. Vol. Inf. was "mustered in" at Camp Walthall near Columbus, Mississippi, on the banks of the Tombigbee River. The regiment departed for Savannah, GA on 6 August, 1898; left the U.S. aboard transport ships on 8 August 1898; and arrived in Cuba on 12 August 1898. While in Cuba, Private C.C. Calmes contracted malaria in October 1898, returned to the U.S. on 17 December 1898, and was medically discharged 30 March 1899.
After the war, C.C. Calmes married Mary Alice Merrill on 22 February 1911. He then worked for the Meridian & Memphis Railway, and while he lived in Moorehead, MS, he fathered one son (who died as a toddler), and three daughters. He unfortunately contracted tuberculosis, and he spent some time in 1919 at the Battle Mountain Sanitarium of the US National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Hot Springs, South Dakota, before he later moved back to Louisiana to be near his family as he died.
C.C. Calmes was born in Dennis Mills, LA, and enlisted for the Spanish-American War on 9 July 1898 as a member of Company "B", 5th United States Volunteer Infantry.
The 5th U.S. Vol. Inf. was "mustered in" at Camp Walthall near Columbus, Mississippi, on the banks of the Tombigbee River. The regiment departed for Savannah, GA on 6 August, 1898; left the U.S. aboard transport ships on 8 August 1898; and arrived in Cuba on 12 August 1898. While in Cuba, Private C.C. Calmes contracted malaria in October 1898, returned to the U.S. on 17 December 1898, and was medically discharged 30 March 1899.
After the war, C.C. Calmes married Mary Alice Merrill on 22 February 1911. He then worked for the Meridian & Memphis Railway, and while he lived in Moorehead, MS, he fathered one son (who died as a toddler), and three daughters. He unfortunately contracted tuberculosis, and he spent some time in 1919 at the Battle Mountain Sanitarium of the US National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Hot Springs, South Dakota, before he later moved back to Louisiana to be near his family as he died.
The 5th U.S. Vol. Inf. was "mustered in" at Camp Walthall near Columbus, Mississippi, on the banks of the Tombigbee River. The regiment departed for Savannah, GA on 6 August, 1898; left the U.S. aboard transport ships on 8 August 1898; and arrived in Cuba on 12 August 1898. While in Cuba, Private C.C. Calmes contracted malaria in October 1898, returned to the U.S. on 17 December 1898, and was medically discharged 30 March 1899.
After the war, C.C. Calmes married Mary Alice Merrill on 22 February 1911. He then worked for the Meridian & Memphis Railway, and while he lived in Moorehead, MS, he fathered one son (who died as a toddler), and three daughters. He unfortunately contracted tuberculosis, and he spent some time in 1919 at the Battle Mountain Sanitarium of the US National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Hot Springs, South Dakota, before he later moved back to Louisiana to be near his family as he died.
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