MONTGOMERY COUNTY TENNESSEE
WAR RECORDS
GASTON
O'BRIAN
Gaston O’Brien mustered-in as Captain of Company H, 1st Tennessee
Volunteer Infantry on May 20, 1898. Company H left Nashville for San
Francisco on June 10, 1898. They were encamped at Camp Merritt,
later at Camp Merriman at the Presidio in San Francisco,
California. In July 1898, he was ill in quarters. As part of the
5th Philippine Expedition, the company embarked for Manila on the City
of Puebla, November 6, 1898. Gaston was evidently involved in an
altercation as his troops disembarked, since he was ordered to
apologize to two named officers, and the officers of Companies D, G and
H, for “certain conduct and language used by you.” Company H was
stationed at Manila and Iloilo in the Philippines. Company H
embarked for the US aboard the Indiana September 19, 1899, and was
mustered out at the Presidio, San Francisco, California, November 23,
1898. Their homecoming celebration is described in Along the
Warioto.
Personal information in his records says that he was 23 when he
mustered-in, a resident of Clarksville, Tennessee. His
description says he was 5’5 ¾” tall, weighed 137 pounds, and had
blue eyes and light brown hair. He was single and employed as a
tabacconist.
Compiled Military Service Record, NARA
Along the Warioto, Ursula Smith Beach, 1964
Picture from TSLA web site
Picture caption: (L-R) Capt. Gaston O'Brian, Capt. Nick Givens, Lt. T.
H. Bates, Capt. H. B. Myers
Submitted by A C Doggett At
ACDOGGETT@AOL.COM
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