Camp Merritt, New Jersey
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The camp was named for the famous Civil War cavalry officer Wesley Merritt (1836-1910). Following the Civil War, Merritt served in the Indian Wars and was the Superintendent at West Point from 1882 through 1887.
Fort McCoy- Wisconsin
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Fort McCoy is named for MG Robert B. McCoy, a veteran of the Spanish-American War and visionary who first imagined the area for development as a military training facility.
Fort Bowie, Arizona
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In 1862, a column of California Volunteers, led by BG James H. Carleton, moved into Arizona to prevent a Confederate occupation of New Mexico Territory. When two companies of the 5th California Infantry arrived at Apache Pass in July, they were ambushed by a large war party led by Cochise and Mangus Coloradus, chief of the Mimbreno Apaches.
Major General John Leonard Hines
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John Leonard Hines was born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, on 21 May 1868. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1891, was commissioned a second lieutenant, and was assigned to […]
Major General Henry W. Lawton, USA
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While he had served with distinction in the Civil War and Indian Wars, Henry W. Lawton rose to national prominence for his service in the Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection. […]
Lieutenant General Nelson Appleton Miles
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Nelson Appleton Miles was born near Westminster, Massachusetts, on 8 August 1839. He received a rudimentary military education from a former French officer and then joined a company of volunteers […]
BG Joseph Wheeler, USA
When war broke out between the United States and Spain in 1898, President William McKinley, in a move to help heal the wounds of the Civil War and reunite North […]
The Black “Immune” Regiments in the Spanish-American War
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By LTC Roger D. Cunningham, USA Ret. In April 1898 Congress declared war on Spain, and patriotic Americans of all colors rallied to the flag. The rampant discrimination that characterized […]
Puerto Rico and the Philippines: The Lesser Known Campaigns of the Spanish-American War
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by Kevin Hymel When the United States declared war with Spain in 1898, American planning focused on Cuba. The U.S. Army campaigns that followed, however, took on global proportions. Along […]
Order of Battle of the U.S. Army in the Spanish-American War
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Puerto Rico: 25 July at Guanica Expeditionary Force (Miles) Provisional Division (-) (Henry) Garretson’s Brigade (+) 6th Mass. Vol. 6th Ill. Vol. (-) Attached: F, 3rd Arty. B, 4th Arty. […]