Fred Springstead

HISTORY OF LANGLADE COUNTY. 



pleton, Wis. Both Mr. Clark and Mr. Mollitor sol- 
diered in Porto Rico. Willis Otis enlisted January 
10, 1899. with Co. "D" of the 4th U. S. Infantry. He 
was mustered out in 1901 after service in the Philip- 
pines. Fred Springstead enlisted in May, 1898. 

FRED SPRINGSTEAD— HERO. 

Fred Springstead, son of Mrs. Jane Springstead, of 
Antigo, was the only Langlade County man to be kill- 
ed during the Spanish-American War. He was killed 
in action August 1, 1898, before the entrenchments of 
Cavite, P. I. by a sniping sharpshooter. He died 
while fighting with "D" Company of the 1st Colorado 
Volunteers. 




FRED SPRINGSTE.^D 

The first LaiiKlade County soldier to be killed in action, 

while lightinK for his Country. He enlisted in Colorado 

during the .Spanish-AmcricaTi War. 

A bust of Fred Springstead now appears in the 
state capitol, Denver, Colorado, as young Spring- 
stead was the first Colorado soldier to fall. 

His military funeral at the Antigo M. E. Church, 
March 29, 1900, was the largest gathering that had 
to that day ever assembled to pay homage to a Lang- 
lade County hero. 

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