History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War: And Other Items of InterestCapital printing Company, 1899 - 228 páginas |
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... troops were mobbed in that city en route to the front , and Elijah B. Tunnell , of Accomac county , Virginia , who fell simultaneously with or a second before Ensign Bagley , of the torpedo boat Winslow , in the harbor of Car- denas ...
... troops were mobbed in that city en route to the front , and Elijah B. Tunnell , of Accomac county , Virginia , who fell simultaneously with or a second before Ensign Bagley , of the torpedo boat Winslow , in the harbor of Car- denas ...
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... surrendered July 17 , 1898 , with something over 22,000 troops . General Shafter estimates in his report the American forces as numbering 16,072 with 815 officers . CHAPTER III . SERGEANT - MAJOR PULLEN OF THE 25TH 31.
... surrendered July 17 , 1898 , with something over 22,000 troops . General Shafter estimates in his report the American forces as numbering 16,072 with 815 officers . CHAPTER III . SERGEANT - MAJOR PULLEN OF THE 25TH 31.
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... troops from time to time ( as is customary to change troops from severe climates to mild ones and vice versa , that equal justice might be done all ) had repeatedly overlooked the 25th Infantry ; or had only ordered it from Minnesota to ...
... troops from time to time ( as is customary to change troops from severe climates to mild ones and vice versa , that equal justice might be done all ) had repeatedly overlooked the 25th Infantry ; or had only ordered it from Minnesota to ...
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... troops of the 10th U. S. Cavalry ( colored ) came up on " double time . ' ' Little thought the Spaniards that these " smoked yankees " were so formidable . Perhaps they thought to stop those black boys by their relentless fire , but ...
... troops of the 10th U. S. Cavalry ( colored ) came up on " double time . ' ' Little thought the Spaniards that these " smoked yankees " were so formidable . Perhaps they thought to stop those black boys by their relentless fire , but ...
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... opened at dawn and lasted until dark . When our troops reached the point from which they were to make the attack , the Spanish lines of entrenched soldiers could not be seen . The only thing indicating their position was the block- house ...
... opened at dawn and lasted until dark . When our troops reached the point from which they were to make the attack , the Spanish lines of entrenched soldiers could not be seen . The only thing indicating their position was the block- house ...
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Página 21 - Whereas, the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the Island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States...
Página 22 - Third, that the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Página 21 - First— That the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. Second— That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban...
Página 22 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Página 10 - Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That, in the opinion of Congress a condition of public war exists between the government of Spain and the government proclaimed and for some time maintained by force of arms by the people of Cuba; and that the United States of America should maintain a strict neutrality between the contending powers, according to each all the rights of belligerents in the ports and territory of the United States.
Página 21 - Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled — First, that the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent.
Página 22 - Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Página 188 - I thought his merits positive and not comparative; and I held that if his black poems had been written by a white man, I should not have found them less admirable. I accepted them as an evidence of the essential unity of the human race, which does not think or feel black in one and white in another, but humanly in all.
Página 85 - If it had not been for the Negro cavalry the Rough Riders would have been exterminated. I am not a Negro lover. My father fought with Mosby's Rangers, and I was born in the South, but the Negroes saved that fight, and the day will come when General Shafter will give them credit for their bravery.
Página 187 - What struck me in reading Mr. Dunbar's poetry was what had already struck his friends in Ohio and Indiana, in Kentucky and Illinois. They had felt, as I felt, that however gifted his race had proven itself in music, in oratory, in several of the other arts, here was the first instance of an American negro who had evinced innate distinction in literature. In my criticism of his book I had alleged Dumas in France, and I had forgetfully failed to allege the far greater Pushkin in Russia ; but these...