A map from 1899 of the Philippine Islands. The Philippines at the time of this map had recently been taken as a possession of the United States under the Treaty of Paris at the end of the Spanish-American War (December 10, 1898), and the...

A map from 1906 of the Philippine Islands, showing the province boundaries at the time, the capital in Manila and other major cities, railways, terrain, rivers, and coastal features of the island group. The map includes an inset of the...

A map from 1901 of the Philippine Islands as a possession of the United States under the Treaty of Paris at the end of the Spanish-American War (December 10, 1898). The map shows the major islands, cities and ports, terrain, rivers,...

General Butler was born in Deerfield, N. H., November 6th, 1818. At the time of President Lincoln's call for troops in April, 1861, he held the commission of brigadier general of militia. On the 17th of that month he marched to Annapolis...