The Eighth Army Corps was formed on June 21, 1898, shortly after the outbreak of the

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, in order to provide a ground contingent to exploit Commodore

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's success in defeating the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay on May 1, 1898. Under the command of Major General

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, Eighth Corps had only one

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, curiously numbered as the Second Division. The Second Division was under the command of Brigadier General

Thomas M. Anderson Thomas McArthur Anderson (January 21, 1836 – May 8, 1917) was a career officer in the United States Army who served as a general in the Spanish–American War and the Philippine–American War. Biography Early life and Civil War Anderson was ...

. Eighth Corps defeated the Spanish forces under the command of

Governor-General of the Philippines The Governor-General of the Philippines (Spanish: ''Gobernador y Capitán General de Filipinas''; Filipino: ''Gobernador-Heneral ng Pilipinas/Kapitan Heneral ng Pilipinas''; Japanese: ) was the title of the government executive during the colo ...

Fermín Jáudenes in the Battle of Manila on August 14, 1898. At the end of March 1900, the complexities involved in dealing with guerrilla warfare and governing the islands led to the transformation of what had been the

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into the Division of the Philippines with four geographical departments, each of which was in turn divided into military districts. This step brought an end to the Eighth Corps.The Army Medical Department 1865–1917: Campaigns of the New Empire
/ref> Units of the former Eighth Corps also fought to an eventual victory in the Philippine–American War in July 1902.

Command structure

Following is the

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for the Eighth Army Corps: Commanding General, Eighth Army Corps: Major General

*2nd Division - Brigadier General

**1st Brigade - Brigadier General

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23rd Infantry Regiment The 23rd Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army. A unit with the same name was formed on 26 June 1812 and saw action in 14 battles during the War of 1812. In 1815 it was consolidated with the 6th, 16th, 22nd, and ...

- Lieutenant Colonel John W. French *** 14th Infantry Regiment - ***13th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment ***1st North Dakota Volunteer Infantry Regiment ***1st Idaho Volunteer Infantry Regiment ***1st Wyoming Volunteer Infantry Regiment ***Astor Battery - Captain Peyton C. March **2nd Brigade - Brigadier General

Francis Vinton Greene Francis Vinton Greene (June 27, 1850 – May 13, 1921) was a United States Army officer who fought in the Spanish–American War. He came from the Greene family of Rhode Island, noted for its long line of participants in American military history ...

*** 18th U.S. Infantry Regiment ****1st Battalion - Lieutenant Colonel Clarence M. Bailey ****2nd Battalion - Major Charles Kellar *** 3rd U.S. Artillery Regiment ****1st Battalion - Captain James O'Hara ****2nd Battalion - Captain William E. Birkhimer ***U.S. Engineer Battalion, Company A - 2nd Lieutenant

William Durward Connor William Durward Connor (February 22, 1874 – June 16, 1960) was a career United States Army officer who became a superintendent of the United States Military Academy after originally serving in the Corps of Engineers. While stationed in the Phil ...

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1st California Infantry Regiment The 1st Regiment California Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It spent its entire term of service in the western United States. History Most of the 1st California was recruited from Augu ...

- Colonel James S. Smith ***

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- Colonel Irving Hale *** 1st Nebraska Volunteer Infantry Regiment - Colonel John P. Bratt ***

2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a military regiment recruited in the U.S. state of Oregon during the Spanish–American War. As the first foreign war in U.S. history, it was the first time members of the Oregon National Guard had fo ...

***10th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment - Colonel Alexander L. Hawkins ***Utah Volunteer Artillery Regiment ****Light Battery A - Captain

Richard Whitehead Young Richard Whitehead Young (April 19, 1858 – December 27, 1919) was a U.S. Army brigadier general and an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines during the time that the Philippines was a U.S. Territory. Young was born in Salt ...

****Light Battery B - Captain Frank A. Grant ***California Volunteer Heavy Artillery Detachment

References

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Command structure

See also

References