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Americans listened to marches, wore pins declaring "On to Cuba,"
and "Dewey, the Hero of Manila," and bought photos of war
heros. Over 200,000 men volunteered
for service and young boys formed marching groups such as Prescott's
"Brodies' Cadets." Returning soldiers
proudly displayed captured Spanish flags
and weapons.
Scene at a volunteer-recruiting office in New York City. Courtesy Stan Cohen.
Print titled "I ain't no hero, I'm a regular," by Frederic Remington. The 71st New York took heavy casualties in Cuba, but this wounded soldier is a member of a federal regiment. Courtesy Michael Woodcock. The Cuban and Porto Rican Campaigns by Richard Harding Davis. Written and published in 1898 from Davis's firsthand experience as a battlefield correspondent.
"From Love to War" wall plaque from 1898. Courtesy Stewart Military Antiques.
Child's military uniform with two McKinley Peace Medals and insignia of Second Lieutenant of Artillery. About 1898. Courtesy Stewart Military Antiques. |
The Spanish-American War helped to heal hostilities left over from the Civil War. Former confederate generals were appointed to command troops in Cuba, and men who had once fought against each other joined together to fight this war.
"Reuniting the Blue and the Gray." Courtesy Stan Cohen.
The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt, 1899. Roosevelt led the Rough Riders during their combat on Kettle Hill and San Juan Heights in Cuba.
Sheet music. Patriotic fervor inspired many new songs and marches. Courtesy Jack McSherry, Jr., and Ralph Cavan.
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