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1889 College Football All-America Team

Roscoe Channing (1868-1961): Princeton's halfback Channing later served with Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the Spanish American War.

258th Field Artillery Regiment

Predecessors of the 258th Field Artillery Regiment fought in the War of 1812, the Spanish American War, the United States Civil War, World War I, World War II, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

Camp George Meade

Camp George G. Meade near Middletown, Pennsylvania was a camp established and subsequently abandoned by the U.S. Volunteers during the Spanish American War.

Edward Curtis Smith

In 1899 he officiated at the welcome home ceremony in Bennington for Admiral George Dewey, hero of the Spanish American War.

Maurice E. Shearer

He attended Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, but dropped out before graduation to join the 27th Indiana Battery, in which he served during the Spanish American War.

Shelbyville, Kentucky

Following the Spanish American War, 116 men from Shelbyville made up Company C of the 161st Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which made up part of the occupation force in Cuba.


see also

Alamia

Juan Alamia (1876–1913), American soldier who fought in the Spanish-American War

Alfred W. Johnson

Vice Admiral Alfred Wilkinson Johnson, a US naval officer in the Spanish-American War and World War I

Allyn Capron

Allyn Capron is the name of two United States Army captains of the Spanish American War.

Almirante Oquendo

Almirante Oquendo, a Spanish Navy armored cruiser that fought in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

American Century

The government adopted protectionism after the Spanish-American War to develop its native industry and built up a powerful navy, the "Great White Fleet".

Angee Hughes

She played the role of Sara Bardshar in the Spanish-American War themed miniseries Rough Riders and appeared in the Showtime production Lily Dale, alongside Mary Stuart Masterson and Stockard Channing.

Battle of Manzanillo

Second Battle of Manzanillo, a naval engagement of the Spanish American War on July 1, 1898 involving two different American gunboats

Third Battle of Manzanillo, a large and decisive naval engagement of the Spanish American War on July 18, 1898

First Battle of Manzanillo, naval engagements during the Spanish American War on June 30, 1898 in and near the harbor of Manzanillo, Cuba involving three American gunboats

Briant H. Wells

Wells served in the Spanish American War, fighting at the Battle of San Juan Hill.

Camp Merritt

Camp Merritt, California, a Spanish-American War era American military camp used to hold 18,000 American troops awaiting transportation to the Philippines

Claus Clausen

Claus Kristian Randolph Clausen (1869–1958), U.S. Navy officer in Spanish-American War

Dewey Beach, Delaware

It is believed that the name was changed to Dewey Beach following the 1898 Battle of Manilla (Spanish American War) when Admiral George Dewey became a national hero.

Don Antonio de Ulloa

Don Antonio de Ulloa, a Spanish Navy cruiser that fought at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.

Don Juan de Austria

Don Juan de Austria, a Spanish Navy cruiser that fought in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.

Ethnic interest groups in the United States

Anglo-Saxonism and U.S. Foreign Policy during the Spanish-American War in Ambrosio, Thomas.

Funston

Frederick Funston, a General in the United States Army, best known for his role in the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American War

Furor

Furor, a Spanish destroyer which fought in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

General Greene

Francis Vinton Greene (1850-1921), U.S. Army general who fought in the Spanish-American War

George Phillips

George Frederick Phillips (1862–1904), Spanish American War Medal of Honor recipient

History of boxing in the Philippines

The evolution of Philippine boxing was thought to be after the Spanish-American war, where Spain ceded its colonial territories, namely Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States as agreed in the 1898 Treaty of Paris.

Isabel II

Isabel II, a Spanish cruiser that fought in the Spanish-American War.

Isla de Luzon

Isla de Luzon, a Spanish Navy second-class protected cruiser that fought in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.

James Carson

James S. Carson (1874–1960), American corporate executive and Spanish–American War veteran

James L. Hull

Hull was born November 27, 1873 in Patoka, Illinois and after entering the navy was sent to fight in the Spanish–American War aboard the U.S.S. Concord as a fireman first class.

John Quick

John H. Quick (1870–1922), sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Spanish American War

Jonathan Wainwright

J. Mayhew Wainwright (1864–1945), United States Congressman and Army officer in the Spanish-American War and World War I

Jorge Juan

Spanish sloop Jorge Juan, a Spanish Navy sloop that fought in the Spanish-American War in 1898

Joseph Breckinridge

Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. (1842–1920), soldier in the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War

Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Jr. (1872-1898), soldier killed in the Spanish-American War

Reina Cristina

Reina Cristina was a Spanish cruiser that fought in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.

Reina Mercedes

Reina Mercedes was a Spanish cruiser that fought in the Spanish-American War.

Thomas C. Cooney

Cooney was born July 18, 1853 in Westport, Nova Scotia, and after entering the navy he was sent as a Chief Machinist to fight in the Spanish–American War aboard the U.S. Torpedo Boat Winslow.

W. S. West

Walter Scott West (1872–1943), US Marine Corps private, recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions during the Spanish–American War

William Sampson

William T. Sampson (1840–1902), American admiral and commander in the Spanish-American War

William Simmons

Chuckawalla Bill, born William Simmons, Spanish-American War veteran, prospector, and vagabond