Directory of Spanish-American War Resources

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The Spanish American War (1898) was a conflict between the Kingdom of Spain and the United States. It involved actions in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippine Islands, and Guam as well as political actions in many other locations.

Resources in This Category

• 1897 Navy enlisted man's uniform regulations

  http://www.quarterdeck.org/uniforms/1897/21-37%20Enlisted%201897.htm
  The clothing regulations in effect for enlisted navy personnel at the time of the war.

• American Merchant Marine in Spanish-American War

  http://www.usmm.org/spanishamerican.html
  The role of the Merchant Marine in bringing troops and supplies to support the invasions of the Philippines and Cuba.

• Centennial of the Spanish-American War

  http://www.zpub.com/cpp/saw.html
  Illustrated account of the war and its causes.

• Crucible of Empire

  http://www.pbs.org/crucible/
  Companion website for the PBS documentary "Crucible of Empire."

• Frank Pullen at El Caney and Santiago

  http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/100/
  First-hand account of Black Sergeant Major Frank Pullen concerning the actions at El Caney and Santiago.

• Medal of Honor Recipients, War with Spain

  http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/warspain.html
  A listing of American military men who received the Medal of Honor as a result of service in the Spanish American War. Includes dates of action and reasons for receiving the medal for each recipient.

• Mercer County in the Spanish American War

  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pamercer/PA/Military/Spanish/wspanish.htm
  Database of Spanish American War veterans from Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

• Michigan National Guard in the War

  http://www.michigan.gov/dmva/0,1607,7-126-2360_3003_3009-17032--,00.html
  An account of the role of the Michigan National Guard in the war.

• Pennsylvania Volunteers

  http://www.paspanishamericanwar.com/
  Searchable rosters and histories of Pennsylvania Spanish American War soldiers.

• Prologue: Sailors, Soldiers & Marines of the Spanish-American War

  http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1998/spring/spanish-american-war-1.html
  U.S. National Archives site providing information on the wartime records available the Archives.

• Roll of the 7th California Infantry, Company L

  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~casoccgs/irvinepk.html
  The muster roll of the unit taken from a monument in Irvine Regional Park, City of Orange, California.

• Spanish American War

  http://www.spanamwar.com/
  Covers all aspects of the war, such as battles, people, and the home front. Music, medicine, weapons, genealogy, veterans, Theodore Roosevelt, Cruiser Olympia, and Manila Bay Santiago.

• Spanish American War mailing list

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Military:_US_Miscellaneous/SPAN-AM-WAR.html
  The Rootsweb genealogy mailing list.

• Spanish-American War in Film

  http://chnm.gmu.edu/aq/war/fs1.htm
  Addresses the importance of the war to the early film industry.

• The Diary of John Henry Asendorf

  http://www.ajandj.com/diary
  The diary of a member of the 10th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantryman.

• The Rough Riders

  http://www.bartleby.com/51/
  Theodore Roosevelt's own account of the First United States Volunteer Cavalry

• The Spanish-American War

  http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/remember.html
  Detailed account of the sinking of the Maine, the press reaction in the US and the war which followed.

• The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures

  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/sawhtml/sawhome.html
  Library of Congress site providing information on motion pictures of the Spanish American War in its holdings.

• The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War

  http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/
  An online presentation with sections on Cuba, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Spain, from the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Overviews, chronologies, the war in literature.

• Treaty of Peace Between the United States and Spain

  http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/sp1898.asp
  The text of the peace treaty that ended the Spanish American War.

• V.P.I. in the Spanish American War

  http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/spanamer/spamwar1.htm
  Information on the war service of cadets from the Virginia Polytechnic and State University (Virginia Tech.).

• Yellow Fever and the Reed Commission

  http://www.hsl.virginia.edu/historical/medical_history/yellow_fever/
  Provides history of the Reed Commission of 1898-1901. Twelve Chapters with bibliography.

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