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Losses in the Spanish American War Totaled Heavily
Army and Navy reports outline American casualties and Spanish losses across battles from Matanzas to Manila. The piece catalogs ships, ships’ crews, officers killed or wounded, and summarizes overall American deaths and injuries while noting Spanish tolls and occasional Cuban casualties. It closes with reflections on territorial stakes and public sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Matanzas
Congress
New York
Cabanas
Havana
Dewey
Manila
Vicksburg
Morrill
Santa Clara
Vana
Cardenas
Wilmington
Winslow
Hudson
Worth Bagley
Marblehead
Nashville
Windom
Caimanera
Bay of
Guantanamo
Oregon
Panther
Col. Huntington
Vixen
Dolphin
John Blair Gibbs
Richmond
Charles H. Smith
Henry Goode
Tallman
Sampson
Santiago
Cienfuegos
Solon P. Kennedy
Joval
Shafter
Cuba
Siboney
Rough Riders
Tenth Cavalry
First Cavalry
Sevilla Heights
Maynard
Cameron Winslow
Robert Votts
Herman W
Iowa
Indiana
Terror
Amphitrite
Ivetroit
Montgomery
Wampatuck
Porter
Frank Widemark
Cervera
George W. Ellis
Brooklyn
Texas
Eulate
Reina Mercedes
Acosta
Harvard
Alphonso Xit
Winthrop Chanler
Wm. Astor Chanler
Peoria
Palo Alto
Miles
Porto Rico
Fourth Artillery
Hormigueros
Reinholdt Richter
Emanuel Konlouris
Bancroft
Cortes Bay
Swanson
Wilson
Lee
Maines
Armica
Vara del Rey
el Caney
Toral
Cadet Boardman
Cape San Juan
Army
Navy Department
Spain
West Indies
Guew
Far East
Wisconsin
Hooley
Boston Herald
Admiral Sampson
Washington Post
England
House of Lords
Philadelphia Times
Arkansas
Gen. Weyler
Boston Globe
Johnson City
Tenn
Philippines
United States
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Merritt
Philadelphia
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hoston Herald
Paris
Philadelphia Press
Pacific
New York Journal
Taconima Ledger
Nebraska State Journal
Concord Evening Monitor
Detroit Tribune
Asbury Park Journal
Philippine Islands
Peoria Journal
Philadelphia Inquirer
Porto Itico
Thomas Jefferson
Louisiana
Seward
Alaska
Kingston Daily Freeman
Virginius
Cubs
James G. Blaine