History of the Negro Soldier in the Spanish American War

By Edward A. Johnson

Finally The Attention Of The United States was forcibly attracted to Cuba by the Virginius affair, which consisted in the wanton murder of fifty American sailors, officers and crew of the Virginius, which was captured by the Spanish off Santiago bay, bearing arms and ammunition to the insurgents, Captain Fry, a West Point graduate, in command.

This book includes some historical materials that may imply negative stereotypes reflecting the culture or language of a particular period or place. These items are presented as part of the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that the WebMasters in any way endorse the stereotypes implied .

• The Cause of The War With Spain

  • General Fitzhugh Lee

  • Weyler The "Butcher,"

  • General Antonio Maceo

  • Miss Evangelina Cosio Y Cisnero's

  • Battleship Maine

  • Congress declares war on April 13

  • Edward Savoy

• A Colored Hero in the Navy

  • Elijah B. Tunnell

• The Conduct of the Negro Soldier around El Caney

  • On Board The Transport

  • Operations Against Santiago

  • The First Battle

  • Commissioned for their Bravery

  • Buffalo Troopers, The Name By Which Negro Soldiers Are Known

• Colonel Theodore B. Roosevelt, now Governor of New York

  • Colonel Roosevelt's Error

  • Jacob A. Riis

  • General Nelson A. Miles

  • Sergeant Berry

  • President McKinley recognizes the worth of Negro Soldiers by Promotion

  • Competent to be Officers, The verdict of General Thomas J. Morgan

• The Negro Soldiers

  • A Southerner's Statement, That The Negro Cavalry Saved The "Rough Riders."

  • Reconciliation

  • The testimony

  • The Negro As A Soldier

  • The Charge At El Caney

  • Telegram To Commercial

  • Negroes Fight Like Tigers

  • Colored Fighters At Santiago

  • Our Colored Soldiers

  • Black Soldier Boys

  • They Never Faltered

  • The Investment Of Santiago And Surrender

  • Scenes of The Final Surrender

• No Color Line Drawn in Cuba

  • Colored Belles There

  • The War Began

  • One of the Greatest Generals

  • His Brother Captured

  • Colored Men's Achievements

  • Another Exile

  • Facts about Porto Rico told in Short Paragraphs

• Colored Regiments that did active Service in the Spanish-American War

  • A List of the Volunteer Regiments

  • Policed by Negroes

  • Sketch of Sixth Virginia Volunteers

  • To the Adjutant General, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

  • A New Lieutenant for the 6th Virginia

  • Comments on the Third North Carolina Regiment

  • A Happy Riddance

  • What President Charles Francis Meserve says

• General Items of Interest to the Race

  • Miss Alberta Scott and Others

  • The Discovery of the Garnes Family

  • "A Colored Wonder" on the Bicycle

  • Uncle Sam's Money Sealer who could Steal Millions if he Would

  • Howells Discovers a Negro Poet

    • Charge of the Nigger Ninth on San Juan Hill

  • Disfranchisement Of Colored Voters

  • Suffrage in North Carolina

• Some Facts About The Philippinos

  • Emilio Aguinaldo, Military Dictator of the Filipinos

  • Facts from Felipe Agoncillo's Letter in Leslie's Magazine

  • Felipe Agoncillo Emissary of the Filipinos to the United States

• Resume

  • Why the American Government does not Protect its Colored Citizens

  • What Courage! What an Example of Faithfulness to Duty

  • The Solution of the Problem is Mainly in the Race's own Hands

This book includes some historical materials that may imply negative stereotypes reflecting the culture or language of a particular period or place. These items are presented as part of the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that the WebMasters in any way endorse the stereotypes implied .

History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and other items of Interest, 1899