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California Digital Library

Calisphere: Spanish American War

For Students 9th - 10th
A broad selection of images featuring the Spanish American War can be found on this site by Calisphere. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs and image information.
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SparkNotes

Spark Notes: The Spanish American War Review Test

For Students 9th - 10th
This 50 question review test covers the Spanish American War.
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Henry J. Sage

Sage American History: The Republic of Texas and the Mexican American War

For Students 9th - 10th
Article on the history of Texas framed in a discussion of Spanish colonization to help readers better understand events leading to the Mexican-American War. With bullet pointed facts and links to primary source material.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: About the Spanish Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive resource covering many aspects of the Spanish Civil War. First read an overview of the conflict before looking at the many primary sources related to the war.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: 3rd u.s. Volunteer Engineers

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this page for a history of this regiment and the role it played in Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains the brief history of the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. This unit served in Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War.
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Library of Congress

Loc: World of 1898: Chronology of Puerto Rico in the Spanish American War

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this page from the Library of Congress for a chronology of events in Puerto Rico during and after the Spanish-American War.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Spanish American War and Its Consequences

For Students 5th - 8th
The Spanish-American War was fought on two fronts, in Cuba and the Philippines. Read about the fighting in Cuba, the terms of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the war, and the insurrection in the Philippines when the United States...
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: The 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this site to read a personal account of an infantryman whose unit saw action in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Forward March: A Tale of the Spanish American War

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Kirk Munroe's Forward March: A Tale Of The Spanish-American War has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Spanish Soldiers Praise the Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Letter from a Spanish soldier to soldiers of the American Army after the Spanish defeat in Cuba.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: A War Correspondent's View of the Battle of El Caney

For Students 9th - 10th
War Correspondent, Frank Norris, describes the events of the Battle of El Caney in an article published in the June, 1899 edition of The Century.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Official War Report of Major General Calixto Ramon Garcia Iniguez

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the official war report sent by Major General Calixto Ramon Garcia Iniguez to his superior, the Commander in Chief of the Cuban Armies, Major General Maximo Gomez.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Experiments With War Kites

For Students 9th - 10th
An account reported in the New York Times, August 1 of 1989 describes experiments with war kites which were being done over David Island's, Fort Slocum and Glen Island, New York demonstrating how an enemy could be destroyed by dynamite.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: The First Marine Battalion: Revisits Scene of the Fight at Cuzco Well

For Students 9th - 10th
New York Sun reporter provides an account of the First Marine Battalion's second expedition to Cuzco hill as they went to assess the situation and see if the Spanish showed signs of returning.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: The Diary of Sgt. Frank Nickerson

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the Cuban Campaign from the diary of Sgt. Frank Frank Nickerson, of Troop F, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Interesting and informative, gives readers a glimpse the daily life at war.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: The Passing of San Juan Hill

For Students 9th - 10th
An account by war correspondent, Richard Harding Davis, who revisited and described the San Juan area 12 years after the battle.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Admiral Cervera Aboard the Gloucester Following Battle of Santiago

For Students 9th - 10th
Remarkable account provides a view of Admiral Cervera and other Spanish officers in the wake of their defeat at Santiago, and also shows their treatment aboard the U.S.S. GLOUCESTER.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Lt. c.s. Meaker: 1st Vermont: Writes Home From Camp Thomas

For Students 9th - 10th
Letter written from Camp Thomas on the Civil War battlefield of Chickamauga by Lt. C.S. Meaker, of the 1st Vermont Volunteer Infantry. The letter was written after the surrender of Santiago on July 17, but prior the amristice between the...
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Engagement of the Auxiliary Cruiser Yankee Off Cienfuegos, Cuba

For Students 9th - 10th
An account by Commander Brownson of an action between the U.S. Auxiliary Cruiser, YANKEE, and the Spanish Gunboat First Class VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA, in which the Spanish gunboat was struck once, with three of her crew killed and ten...
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Henry Alexander Schimberg Goes to War

For Students 9th - 10th
Account by Albert Paul Schimberg describes how his brother, Henry Alexander Schimberg, went off to war with the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company G.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Sending the 1st South Dakota Volunteer Infantry Off to War

For Students 9th - 10th
Newspaper article clipping on Terry Ladies of South Dakota sending the boys from the area off to war.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Crew of the Indiana Rescues Spanish Naval Crews: Battle of Santiago

For Students 9th - 10th
An account written by the Chaplain of the INDIANA describes the rescue of Spanish Naval crews after the Battle of Santiago.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Teniente Rodriguez's Experience While Returing to Spain

For Students 9th - 10th
An account from Francisco Arderius Rodriguez, Teniente de Navio, Ayudante de Ordenes de Fernando Villamil of the Spanish Torpedo Boat Furor. The ship was lost at the Battle of Santiago, however Rodriguez survived and wrote a book about...