History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War: And Other Items of InterestCapital printing Company, 1899 - 228 páginas |
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... Wounded . CHAPTER VI . • 120-133 No Color Line in Cuba — A Graphic Description — American Prejudice Cannot Exist There - A Catholic Priest Vouches for it - Colored Belles - War Began - Facts Abont Porto Rico . CHAPTER VII .. · 134-165 ...
... Wounded . CHAPTER VI . • 120-133 No Color Line in Cuba — A Graphic Description — American Prejudice Cannot Exist There - A Catholic Priest Vouches for it - Colored Belles - War Began - Facts Abont Porto Rico . CHAPTER VII .. · 134-165 ...
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... wounded , and 79 missing . The Spanish loss as best estimated was near 1,600 officers and men killed and wounded . Santiago was surrendered July 17 , 1898 , with something over 22,000 troops . General Shafter estimates in his report the ...
... wounded , and 79 missing . The Spanish loss as best estimated was near 1,600 officers and men killed and wounded . Santiago was surrendered July 17 , 1898 , with something over 22,000 troops . General Shafter estimates in his report the ...
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... wounded behind . The Span- iards made a stubborn resistance . So hot was their fire directed at the men at the Hotchkiss gun that a head could not be raised , and men crawled on their stomachs like snakes loading and firing . It is an ...
... wounded behind . The Span- iards made a stubborn resistance . So hot was their fire directed at the men at the Hotchkiss gun that a head could not be raised , and men crawled on their stomachs like snakes loading and firing . It is an ...
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... wounded would no doubt have been counted by hundreds , and who was killed by the side of his gun , is unknown by the public . At the time the battle of the Rough Riders was fought the 25th Infantry was within hearing distance of the bat ...
... wounded would no doubt have been counted by hundreds , and who was killed by the side of his gun , is unknown by the public . At the time the battle of the Rough Riders was fought the 25th Infantry was within hearing distance of the bat ...
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... wounded and carried to the rear . Just as he The men were then fighting like demons . Without a word of com- mand , though led by that gallant and intrepid Second Lieutenant , J. A. Moss , 25th Infantry , some one gave a yell and the ...
... wounded and carried to the rear . Just as he The men were then fighting like demons . Without a word of com- mand , though led by that gallant and intrepid Second Lieutenant , J. A. Moss , 25th Infantry , some one gave a yell and the ...
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25th Infantry Aguinaldo battle block-house boys Brigade Camp Poland Caney Capt charge citizens Colonel Colonel Roosevelt colored regiment colored soldiers colored troops command Congress Cuba Cuban duty El Caney enemy enlisted feel fight fire flag Fort Douglas fought Governor guard Havana headquarters honor Hotchkiss gun Indian Insurgents island July killed late First Lieutenant late Second Lieutenant Lieutenant Company Lieutenant Ninth United Maceo mand ment miles military Minister mulatto Negro officers Negro race Negro soldiers Negro troops never nigger Ninth and Tenth pany public sentiment ranks rear regi regiment Rough Riders San Juan Hill Santiago Santiago de Cuba Sergeant Shafter Shaw University shot Sixth Virginia Volunteers South Spain Spaniards Spanish Spanish-American Spanish-American war teer Tenth Cavalry Third North Carolina trenches troopers Twenty-fourth Infantry U. S. Infantry United States Volunteer Volunteer Infantry Weyler white officers wounded yell
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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...