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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...
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Admiral Cervera's Report of the Battle of Santiago

For Students 9th - 10th
Report made to the Spanish Ministry of Marine by Admiral Cervera describes events of the Battle of Santiago.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: The Ninth u.s. Infantry

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a history of the Ninth U.S. Infantry, which served in both the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Two Wars, the Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870 1912

For Students 9th - 10th
A political cartoon depicting a Union and a Confederate veteran united in support for the Spanish-American War. A painting entitled Twelve-Inch Gun depicting elegant officers and ladies aboard a battle ship, civilizing gentility and the...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: The Price of Freedom: Americans at War

For Students 9th - 10th
View comprehensive sets of artifacts that tell the story of America's wartime past and present. Artifacts from every major American military conflict, beginning with the American Revolution, can be closely examined. Full curatorial notes...
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: The Letters of Private Peter Hertzog

For Students 9th - 10th
One of a series of letters written home by Peter Hertzog of the 4th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Co. B. Hertzog describes the events as his regiment travelled to Camp Thomas at Chickmauga, Georgia as well as his service in the...
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Report of Major Charles Morton

For Students 9th - 10th
Report written by Major Charles Morton of the 4th U.S. Cavlary regarding the action taken by the 3rd Cavalry on July 1 at San Juan Heights.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Pvt. Andrew Nelson: Letter of His Death at Camp Cuba Libre

For Students 9th - 10th
Letter from Captain Fred West to the family of Private Andrew Nelson with the sad news and details of Nelson's illness and subsequent death from Typhoid Fever.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Letter of Condolence: Chaplain John Chidwick

For Students 9th - 10th
Letter of Condolence to the family of Pvt. John Bennett, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S.S. Maine from Chaplain John Chidwick, U.S.S. Maine.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Lt. John Blandin: u.s.s. Maine: Letter Home

For Students 9th - 10th
Lt. John Blandin of the Battleship MAINE writes home just after the explosion on the ship in Havana Harbor which left many of the crew dead or injured.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Diver Charles Morgan, Uss New Yo Rk: Descent Into the Maine

For Students 9th - 10th
An account by diver, Charles Morgan of the U.S.S. New York, describing, in graphic detail, his descent into the wreckage of the U.S.S. Maine among the deceased to examine the cause of the explosion.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: The Death of Cuban General Antonio Maceo

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the death of Cuban General Antonio Maceo sent to the U. S. Consul to Cuba, Fitzhugh Lee, in 1897 by Colonel Charles Gordon, who was present at the time of the General's death.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Francisco Gomez' Last Letter

For Students 9th - 10th
Letter reported to have been written by Francisco Gomez, son of the Cuban Revolutionary leader Calixto Gomez at the time of his death.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: A Newspaper Account of the Skirmish at Las Guasimas, Cuba

For Students 9th - 10th
A newspaper account of the skirmish at Las Quasimas, Cuba appeared in Tarrytown, New York's Tarrytown Argus and refers to the trail crossroads at which the skirmish occurred "La Quasina."
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: The Campaign in Cuba: Sergeant John J. Turner, Usv

For Students 9th - 10th
An article written by Sergeant John J. Turner appeared in the June 28, 1918 issue of the Beverly Evening Times, Beverly, Massachusetts. Edited for punctuation and clarity.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: The Band of the 71st New York Volunteer Infantry: Under Fire

For Students 9th - 10th
Account in which Private Charles Johnson Post relates his experience as he witnessed the eagerness of the 71st New York's Regimental band to fight.

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