The forgotten history and cultural and political legacies of U.S. imperialism and other historical debates in political cartoons, literature, and historical texts and analyses.

Newly updated, very intensive site on the Spanish American War. Internationally respected site covers battles, such as Manila Bay, Santiago, San Juan Hill, etc.; re-enactment groups, Geneaological research tips ...

The Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress Search by Keyword | Alphabetical Title List or Topical Title List | Subject Index This presentation features 68 motion pictures produced between 1898 and 1901 of the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine Revolution. The Spanish-American War was the first U.S. war in which the ...

Hundreds of searchable Pennsylvania Spanish American rosters and muster rolls, regimental histories and Medal of Honor winners. Tips on ways to discover if your ancestor was in the military with instuctions how to order your ancestor's military records from the National Archives. ...

Roosevelt, Theodore. 1899. The Rough Riders ...

January 25, 1898 -- The U.S.S. Maine enters Havana harbor, about three weeks before it was blown up. Remember the Maine Cuba Libre Provides background information about the Cuban insurgency against foreign control both before and after the Maine incident Map of Cuba (This is an interactive map -- for example, click on Havana for a more detailed view of the city.) For a wider view of the region: ...

A War in Perspective, 1898-1998: Public Appeals, Memory, and the Spanish Conflict, ...

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An updated and revised short history of the causes and effects of the Spanish-American War.

A visit to the Teddy Roosevelt Rough Rider Museum in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

The U.S. Army in the War with Spain The Rough Riders A DECLARATION OF WAR TROOP B, IN THE PORTO RICO CAMPAIGN THE TEMPORARY INCREASE OF THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN TIME OF WAR ANNUAL REPORT OF MAJ. GEN. FITZHUGH LEE, COMMANDING SEVENTH ARMY CORPS (Extracted from the Annual Report of the Secretary of War for 1898, 2:218-223) BLACK JACK IN CUBA: GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING'S ...

THE FIGHTING TWENTIETH 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry An Account of the Kansas Volunteers in the Spanish-American War 1898-1899 A Short History Rosters Medal of Honor Recipients Further Reading References Kansas was represented in the Spanish-American War of 1898-1899 by 4 regiments, including the 20th Kansas Infantry Regiment. In recognition of the upcoming Centennial Anniversary of this ...

Effects of the Press on Spanish-American Relations in 1898 By John Baker Contents Background -- February 1898 -- On the Way to War -- Ethnic Minorities, War and the Press -- War -- Aftermath -- Footnotes -- Bibliography The Spanish-American War of 1898 marked a turning point in American history. Within a few years of the war's end, the United States was a world power, exercising control or ...

Film Studies and the Spanish-American War The commercial cinema was barely two years old when the United States declared war against Spain in April of 1898. Judging from the work of leading film historians, it would be difficult to overestimate the importance of the Spanish-American War to a fledgling American film industry in the wake of cinema's putative novelty year. In Commercial Warfare and ...

SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS BAKER, BENJAMIN F. Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 12 March 1862, Dennisport, Mass. G.O. No.: 521, 7 July 1899. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Nashville during the cutting of the cable leading from Cienfuegos, Cuba, 11 May 1898. Facing the heavy fire of the enemy, Baker set an example of extraordinary bravery and coolness throughout ...

MILITARY SERVICE Spanish American War Private Millard Mayo Auxier of Nebraska enlisted on June 20, 1898 at Columbus, Nebraska. He was first assigned to a recruit detachment at San Francisco, California from June 27 to August 21, 1898. He served on Honolulu Island from August 28 to November of 1898. On December 3, 1898 he was assigned to Company M of the 1st Regiment, Nebraska Volunteer Infantry ...

Return to Naval Historical Center home page. Return to Battle Streamer index DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER 805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060 Spanish-American War 1898 On the night of 15 February l898 the battleship USS Maine was shattered by an explosion which sent the ship and two-thirds of her crew to the bottom of Havana harbor.

Virginia Tech University Archive Special Collections University Libraries V.P.I. in the Spanish American War by Col. Harry D. Temple Page One { Page One - Page Two - Page Three - Page Four } Text and pictures copyright 1996 by Harry D. Temple. Used with permission. NOTE: The staff of Special Collections regret that it is unable to provide any further information on the subjects contained in this ...

Muster Roll Co L, 7th California Vol. Infty Spanish American War 1898 Solomon H. Finley, Captain Walter A. Greenleaf, First Lieut. Lewis L. Vestal, Second Lieut. George H. Magill, First Sargeant Allan F. Smith, Quartermaster Sargeant Sargeants Leo R. Brock John C. Abbey Charles W. Hannah Louis A. Barrett Gilbert P. Campbell Corporals William B. Bowers Albert H. Sitton Hugh M. Day Gilbert E.

1898 Los Documentos de Puerto Rico Scholar-Sailors in the Spanish-American War By: Miguel J. Hernandez Torres Mr. Hernandez have the web page: Puerto Rican/Hispanic Genealogical Society Inc. In the pre-dawn darkness of the 28th of June of 1898 an American warship, the U.S.S. Yossemite, lay in wait off the coast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Although commissioned as a cruiser, she was not originally ...

Skip Navigation Michigan.gov Home DMVA Home Site | Sitemap | Contact DMVA | FAQ | DMVA Jobs Public Affairs Financial Services History Michigan Military History Military Personalities Museums & Forts Historical Links Director & Leadership DMVA JOBS Legal Contact: paocmn@michigan.gov The Spanish-American War Michigan Joins the War The Spanish-American War is assumed to have started ...

Illustration by Art Seiden Florida Atlantic University Libraries Jewish Heroes and Heroines in America from Colonial Times to 1900: A Judaica Collection Exhibit Jews Who Served With Honor In The Spanish-American War by Seymour Sy Brody When the battleship MAINE was sunk on February 15, 1898, there were 15 Jewish sailors who went down with the ship. The executive officer of the MAINE, and later a ...

Mercer County Military Section Spanish American War Spanish American War Ancestral Heroes A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Submit Your Mercer County Ancestral Hero Search Ancestral Heroes! powered by FreeFind The History of the 15th Regiment of PA Volunteer Infantry, recruited from Mercer, Butler, Erie, Crawford and Clarion Counties Spanish American War Website - history, ...

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A Perfect Hailstorm of Bullets: A Black Sergeant Remembers the Battle of San Juan Hill in 1899 by Frank Pullen The best-known image of the Spanish-American War is that of Teddy Roosevelt on horseback charging with his Rough Riders up San Juan Hill in Cuba. But not only was the role of the Rough Riders exaggerated, it also displaced attention from the black soldiers who made up almost 25 percent ...