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The Dogs of War at Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), by John Tenniel and Joseph Swain The Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy rams the USS Yorktown , by United States Navy George Pomeroy Colley at the Battle of Majuba Hill , by Melton Prior (edited by Adam Cuerden )
The Spanish–American War [b] (April 21 – December 10, 1898) was fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, and resulted in the U.S. acquisitions of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, and its domination of Cuba.
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 situation prior to the Spanish–American War was particularly tense. Several members of the media, such as William Randolph Hearst, and of the military were calling for intervention by the United States to help the revolutionaries in Cuba. American opinion was overwhelmingly swayed and hostility towards Spain began to build.
A Ship to Remember: The Maine and the Spanish–American War. New York: William Morrow & Co., 1992. ISBN 978-0-688-09714-1. Foner, Philip S. The Spanish-Cuban-American War and the Birth of American Imperialism 1895–1902. 2 Volumes, New York/London 1972 (very detailed with plenty of sources from US archives). Samuels, Peggy and Harold.
At the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, Indiana was at Key West with the rest of the North Atlantic Squadron, at the time commanded by Rear Admiral William T. Sampson. [ 17 ] [ 29 ] His squadron was ordered to the Spanish port of San Juan in an attempt to intercept and destroy Admiral Cervera 's Spanish squadron, which was ...
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.