Spanish American War

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The Spanish–American War (Spanish: Guerra hispano-estadounidense) was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. U.S. attacks on Spain's Pacific possessions led to involvement in the Philippine Revolution and ultimately to the Philippine–American War... WikiPedia

April 25, 1898 – August 12, 1898

(3 months, 2 weeks and 4 days)

Cuba and Puerto Rico (Caribbean) Philippines and Guam (Asia-Pacific)

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{{Spanish-American War | enlisted =Apr 1, 1898 | discharged =Oct 31, 1898 | branch =United States Army | units=Troop E, 6th Cavalry Regiment | unit= 6th Cavalry Regiment, United States Army | image =6th_Cavalry_Regiment_United_States_Army.jpg}}

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... ... ... ... served with the United States Army during the Spanish-American War.
Service Started: Apr 1, 1898
Unit(s): Troop E, 6th Cavalry Regiment
Service Ended: Oct 31, 1898

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Spanish American War Battles and Campaigns

Puerto Rican Campaign^[1]

Date(s): May 8 – August 13, 1898

Location: Puerto Rico, Atlantic Ocean

Result: Militarily inconclusive; Spain cedes Puerto Rico in accordance with the accords of the Treaty of Paris of 1898.

United States Ships, Cruisers, and Boats

United States Navy - Puerto Rican Campaign

• battleships USS Iowa, Indiana, New York,
• cruisers USS Montgomery and Detroit,
• monitors USS Amphitrite and Terror,
• torpedo boat USS Porter,
• two unidentified auxiliary cruisers,
• one unarmed collier
• USS Saint Paul, USS Yosemite, cruiser USS New Orleans
• USS Yale, USS Massachusetts, USS Gloucester and the USS Dixie, USS Windom, USS Columbia, USS Wasp
• U.S. Army transports Lampasas, Unionist, Stillwater and Specialist.
• monitor USS Puritan, armed tug USS Leyden, and collier USS Hannibal, USS Cincinnati, USS St. Louis

Spanish Fleet

• old Spanish cruiser Isabel II
• a Spanish destroyer Terror
• squadron consisted of one cruiser, two gunboats and one blockade runner, the SS Antonio López, a transoceanic steamer belonged to the Compañía Transatlántica Española carried a cargo of needed military supplies was ran aground.
• Nueces and Rita (captured by U.S. and used in the Land Campaign)

Spanish Land Force

• 4th Volante de Yauco, a Puerto Rican militia unit, (Lieutenant Enrique Méndez López, Commander)
• Lt. Méndez López and three of his men were wounded
• Spain's 6th Provisional Battalion under the command of Julio Cervera Baviera

Puig and his forces

• 3rd company of the 25th Patria Battalion from Yauco
• two companies known as "Cazador Patria Battalion"
• Puerto Rican volunteers, the Civil Guards, and mounted guerrillas from the towns of Yauco and Sabana Grande

Battle of Coamo

• two companies of the Batallón de Cazadores de la Patria (Battalion of the Motherland's Hunters) *some members of the Civil Guard
• a Puerto Rican guerilla force
• A total of 248 infantry men and 42 members of the cavalry formed the battalions under the command of Lt. Col. Rafael Martínez Illescas,

Battle of Asomante

• 1,500 Spanish Regulars of the 24th Rifle Battalion,
• six companies of the Alfonso XIII auxiliaries,
• scattered Spanish and Puerto Rican guerilla forces

Total Casualties by Battles and Campaigns

Puerto Rican Campaign

Battle	Spanish KIA	Spanish WIA	Spanish POW	American KIA	American WIA	American POW
Battle of Yauco	2	5	0	0	0	0
Battle of Fajardo	2	3	0	0	0	0
Battle of Guayama	0	0	0	0	3	0
Battle of the Guamaní River Bridge	2	15	0	0	7	0
Battle of Silva Heights	3	6	136	2	0
Battle of Asomante	0	0	0	7	6	0

Puerto Rican Campaign-Spanish Casualties

• - Puig and his forces suffered two officers and three soldiers wounded and two soldiers dead
• - Spanish losses were 2 dead and 3 wounded, including a lieutenant
• Battle of Guayama -
• Battle of the Guamaní River Bridge- 2 dead, 15 wounded
• Battle of Silva Heights - 3 Spanish dead, 6 wounded, and 136 prisoners
• Battle of Six American soldiers were injured in the crossfire, prompting a retreat order. The allied units (Spanish and Puerto Rican) lost five soldiers and two civil guards.

Puerto Rican Campaign-American Casualties

• four casualties from the Massachusetts 6th
• Battle of Guayama -three American wounded
• Battle of the Guamaní River Bridge - 7 American wounded

American Land Forces

Puerto Rican Campaign American Land Force

• 6th Volunteer Regiments of Illinois and Massachusetts,
• an Artillery battalion,
• five battery companies,
• two engineer companies
• medical unit
• 3rd Illinois, 4th Ohio and 4th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiments
• a battery of Sims-Dudley guns, manned by Company G of the 4th Ohio
• two companies of the 19th Infantry
• 11th Infantry

Featured Profile

Clifton D Scott

Existing Profiles

	Samuel J Hanson		Alexander M Stewart		George M Tye		Nathan B Hildreth
	Charles J Allison		Samuel B Hanson		Clifton D Scott		Frank Southard
	Dempsey Morrisette		Gus Windus		Theodore Roosevelt		Major General Miles
	Naval Captain Francis J. Higginson		George A. Garretson		Captain Henry A. Reed		Captain Charles Sigsbee
	General Guy V. Henry		Lieutenant H. P. Huse		Lieutenant Wood,		Captain Frederick W. Rodgers
	Captain Charles J. Barclay		Lt. Charles N. Atwater		Assistant Engineer David J. Jenkins		Naval Cadet William H. Boardman (-6 Aug 1898), WIA, KIA friendly
	Lieutenant John A. Lejeune		General Theodore Schwan		Edwardo Lugo Viñas		Brigadier General Peter G. Hains
	General John Rutter Brooke		Colonel Coit		General Oswald H. Ernst and		General James H. Wilson,
	Colonel S. Reber		Captain R.D. Potts		Lieutenant Bliss		Lieutenant O'Hern
	Commander Landcaster		Lieutenant Hains (-1898), KIA		Sergeant John Long (-1898), KIA		Lieutenant Harris (-1898), KIA
	Captain E.T. Lee (-1898), KIA		Corporal Oscar Sawanson (-1898), KIA		Private Frederick Yough (-1898), WIA, KIA		Corporal August Yank, WIA
	George J. Bruce, WIA		Private Sices, WIA

Puerto Rican Campaign Puerto Ricans Allied with Americans

	Simón Mejil		Agustín Barrenechea		Vicente Ferrer		Juan María Morciglio
	Salvador Muñoz		Cornelio Serrano		Pascual Elena		Dr. Santiago Veve Calzada
	Antonio Mattei Lluberas		Pedro María Descartes		Carlos Patterne (U.S. spy)		Rufino Huertas (U.S. spy)

• Spies were deployed throughout Coamo, including a Puerto Rican separatist named Carlos Patterne, who was able to enter the city without suspicion and contact Rufino Huertas, a separatist teacher

Puerto Rican Campaign Spaniards and Puerto Ricans

	Captain Ángel Rivero Méndez		Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete		Captain Ramón Acha Caamaño		Captain José Antonio Iriarte
	Justo Esquivies, KIA (1st Puerto Rican casualty)		Lieutenant Enrique Méndez López		Robustiano Rivera		Atilio Gaztambide
	Governor Macías		Captain Salvador Meca		Antonio Mariani		Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Puig (?-2 Aug 1898), suicide
	Captain San Pedro		Lt. Col. Rafael Martinez Illecas (?- Aug 1898), KIA		Julio Cervera Baviera		Captain Hita
	Colonel Julio Soto Villanueva		Captain Hernaíz.		Nouvilas		Teófilo Marxuach

Military Decorations

Puerto Rican Campaign

"Cruz de la Orden de Merito Militar" (The Cross of the Order of the Military Merit)

first class

• Captain Ángel Rivero Méndez, Commander of the Spanish forces at the fortress of San Cristóbal in San Juan; received the "Cruz de la Orden de Merito Militar" (The Cross of the Order of the Military Merit) first class for actions on May 10, 1898

• Captain Ramón Acha Caamaño (also received the "Cruz de la Orden de Merito Naval" (The Cross of the Order of the Naval Merit))

Sources

1. ↑ Puerto Rican Campaign on Wikipedia

• American Volunteer Forces in the War with Spain has list of the volunteer units by state (not regular forces).
• The Spanish-American War, Introduction, by the U.S. Library of Congress
• Wikipedia:Spanish-American War

Books

• The Spanish-American war Alger, Russell Alexander 1901 full version
• The American-Spanish war; : a history Norwich, Conn., : C.C. Haskell & son full version
• Cartoons of the Spanish-American War Bartholomew, Charles Lewis, 1869-1949 full version
• The Spanish-American War : the events of the war Chicago : H.S. Stone full version

Web Links

• Spanish American War Abbreviations

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