Tampa to Jacksonville as invasion base in Cuba campaign
May 31 dispatches from Washington report orders for a general advance, with Jacksonville chosen as a base of operations for eastern Cuba invasion plans. General Lacret leads 400 Cuban troops allied with United States, while communications suggest coordinated navy and army action rather than a decisive strike alone. A Key West telegram notes a British tramp steamer blocked at Cardenas due to Spanish ship obstruction.
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Advancce
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Miles
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Florida
Cuba
Lacret
United States
Schley
Cervery
Pantage Harbor
Serviceas
Uap
Concensus O S
Santaago
Santiago da Cuba
Cap
Mai
Porto Rico
Santiago
Kew Fork
San Juan Imom Aline
Jacksonville
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Health tonic praised as nerve and digestion aid
A fragment touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a safe restorative tonic for working men. It claims to boost digestion and blood building, ease nervousness, and cure stomach issues, throat and lung ailments, with testimonial snippets attached to a long, opinionated block.
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Pierce
Troops Move From Chickamauga To Tampa Amid Large Draft
The first volunteer infantry regiments left Chickamauga for Tampa, including the One Hundred Fifty-seventh Indiana First Ohio First District of Columbia and Second New York. Next to depart were the Third Pennsylvania First Illinois Fifth Maryland and Sixty-ninth New York. Officers expect more orders soon. The Second New York led by Col. Hardin marched to Rosville to board trains, while First Ohio and others followed to Ringgold and Rossville. Regiments are well drilled and equipped. Breckinridge aids mobilization. horses and mules arrive for support. Troop D cavalry members shift to infantry if needed, while rations and supplies flow to the field.
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B.C. Hardin
Cup
Rosville Station
Southern Railway
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Ringgold
Ringold
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Boon
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Columbian
Rossville
Washington
George H. Harring
Wo Park
Tims Peping
Breckinridge
Twenty ships with troops sail from Tampa in Cuba invasion plan
Washington June 1. An invasion army of about 15,000 sailed from Tampa aboard twenty steamers to Cuba. The objective is landing near Santiago to seize the city with Schley’s squadron. General Miles is to command the force, and bombardment may destroy city and harbor defenses. Reports say Spanish losses high and bombardment effective with ships silenced.
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Morro Castre
Oregon Arrives at Sand Key After Long Atlantic Passage
The battleship Oregon reached Sand Key light from Jupiter and anchored. Captain Charles K. Clark reported the ship in good condition with all aboard well. Oregon had traveled from Cadiz via Maritimo and Rio de Janeiro, briefly quarantined at Barbados, and logged numerous tropical crossings before reaching Jamaica's Machias area.
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Rio Daneiro
Babia
Barbadoes
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Rio Janeiro
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Watchem
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Tropics
Clack
Call For Soldiers Delays Apportionment Of Troops
June 1. Adjutant General Corbin works to apportion 75,000 troops from the president’s second call. States with excess quotas from the last call face no additional requests. Existing regiments will be filled to maximum strength while some states resist further recruitment. Officials seek to avoid wrangles and aim for a rate of 75,000.
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Morro Castle Now Reduced in Cuban Engagement
Report from Havana details the Spanish batteries at first resisting the American squadron off Santiago de Cuba. After 20 minutes American fire intensified and destroyed Morro Castle while Zerapa and Punta Gordas forts saw heavy fire. American losses unspecified. Spaniards claim hits but not confirmed. By 4 PM the American squadron ceased firing with no Spanish vessels sighted.
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Uncas
Matanzas
Leyden
Jockhouse
Havana
Santiago de Cuba
Ans
el Morro
Zerapa
Punta Gordan
Americas
SICK AND WOUNDED AID LIST FOR HOSPITALS
Letters from patriotic ladies prompt a general memo guiding acceptable donations for sick and wounded soldiers. Items include sterilized greasing, bandages, shirts, drawers, lightweight pajamas, long nightshirts, and light flannel broad bandages. Send via the surgeon general or hospital surgeons for discharge-ready care.
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Wasminutos
Sternberg
Jimaepital
United States General Hospitals
Lonsona
Waser Eackers
Miles Arrives at Tampa Amid Strain of Months
General Nelsos A. Miles arrives in Tampa with full staff and clerks at 6:30 am aboard the Florida Central and Pavinsdlar line. He appears exhausted after a long few months of duty and discusses no immediate plans. The scene includes his wife and daughter as he contemplates the brigade, artillery, and coastal maneuvers near Picnic Island and eventful days ahead.
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Tampa
Fla
Nelsos
A. Miles
Tauips
Florida Central and Pavinsdlar
Mendeon
Mileswng
Jong
Tina
Pics
Picnis Island
Taylor on Spaniards Declares She Ought Not to Be Driven From Her Throne
United States minister to Spain discusses Spain's political future and the monarchy in The North American Review. He argues the queen regent should remain and the dynasty be preserved, warning that Don Carlos would set Spain back a century.
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Hennis Taylor
United States
Spain
Jane
North American Review
Taylor
Peninsular Kingdom
United
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Romero
Weyler
Lipin
R. Milor
Tayloe
Mr. Baylor
Maristina
Tayfors
Emilio Calla
Mr. Taylor
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