 However, Liscum was severely wounded less than ten minutes after Colonel Wikoff and forced to relinquish his command.Following nine months of recovery from his wounds, Liscum was stationed in the Philippines during the Philippine–American War; he was first placed in charge of a brigade in the Eighth Army Corps and later made commander of the 9th U.S. Infantry.As the need for troops in China became apparent, Liscum and his 1,350 men were dispatched to the Taku Forts, arriving on July 9, 1900, only four days before the assault on Tianjin was to begin.