Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2008.50.15Description
Black-and-white photograph of Paul E. Divine with group of officers, marked in lower right front corner "OFFICERS, 6TH REGT. U.S. VOL. INF. (IMMUNES)/ CAMP ONWARD SAV'H GA, MARCH 15, 1899./ M. EDW'D WILSON/ PHOTO #1.," shows two rows of men seated and two rows of men standing behind them with pitch of tent at center back, handwritten identification (likely by Milburn Divine) on reverse: "Major Paul E. Divine/ front row seated on right/ officers of 6th Regt. US Vols - Inf./ officers were mounted infantry/ (Immunes) Camp Onward/ Savannah Ga - Mar 15 1899/ M. Ed. Wilson photo #1/ Spanish Am. War.," 13 7/8" x 11", 1899.
Provenance:
Paul E. Divine was a major with the Sixth U.S. Volunteer Infantry, serving under Col. Lawrence D. Tyson.
No Tennessee regiment saw combat in Cuba, though individual Tennesseans distinguished themselves during the fighting. Seventeen of them served in the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, popularly known as the "Rough Riders," commanded by Theodore Roosevelt.
In all, Tennessee contributed four regiments (more than 4,200 men) to the Spanish-American War. Just one, the First Tennessee Infantry, saw combat and that was in the Philippine Insurrection (discharged 11/1899). Armistice in August, Treaty of Paris in December ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S. [source: Tenn. State Library and Archives]Made/Created
Date made
Mar 15, 1899Place
City
SavannahState/Province
GeorgiaCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDimensions
Height
13-7/8 inWidth
11 in