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In 1904, the United Spanish War Veterans was created from smaller groups of the veterans of the Spanish–American War. The organization has been defunct since 1992 when its last surviving member Nathan E. Cook a veteran of the Philippine-American war died, but it left an heir in the Sons of Spanish–American War Veterans, created in 1937 at ...
The Spanish–American War, 1898. Combined Books. ISBN 0-938289-57-8. Severo Gomez Nunez (1998). La guerra Hispano-americana. Editorial Almena S.L. Spencer C. Tucker, The Encyclopedia of the Spanish–American and Philippine–American Wars (2009) Cuban Battlefields; Benjamin R. Beede (1994). The War of 1898 and U.S. Interventions. Routledge.
The Battle of Santiago de Cuba was a decisive naval engagement that occurred on July 3, 1898 between an American fleet, led by William T. Sampson and Winfield Scott Schley, against a Spanish fleet led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, which occurred during the Spanish–American War.
American/Cuban victory, surrender of the city of Santiago de Cuba. [18] Third Battle of Manzanillo: July 18, 1898 American victory, destruction of Spanish squadron in Manzanillo harbor. [16] Battle of Nipe Bay: July 21, 1898 American victory, sinking of two Spanish ships. [19] Battle of Mani-Mani: July 23, 1898 Spanish victory, American landing ...
The Puerto Rico campaign was the American military sea and land operation on the island of Puerto Rico during the Spanish–American War.The offensive began on May 12, 1898, when the United States Navy attacked the capital, San Juan.
Lancaster paid tribute to its war veterans with a parade and a brief ceremony. Honored in 1962 were three men from Fairfield County who fought in the Spanish American-War.
The Spanish American wars of independence (Spanish: Guerras de independencia hispanoamericanas) took place across the Spanish Empire in the early 19th century. The struggles in both hemispheres began shortly after the outbreak of the Peninsular War, forming part of the broader context of the Napoleonic Wars.
The Battle of El Caney was fought on July 1, 1898, during the Spanish-American War. 600 Spanish soldiers held for twelve hours, until they ran out of ammunition, against Henry W. Lawton's 5th US Division, made up of 6,899 men. This action temporarily delayed the American advance on the San Juan Hills, as had been requested of General William ...