Our Clark County, Wisconsin

SPANISH AMERICAN WAR VETERANS

 

Harper's Weekly--The Dramatic Ending of the War in Puerto Rico.

President's Message of Peace delivered to General Brooke, August 13 as he was about to open fire.

Drawn from Life by T. Dart Walker, Special Artist for "Harper's Weekly" with the American Forces.

 

Date  21 Apr – 13 Aug, 1898 (3 mo., 3 wks, 2 da)

Location: Cuba and Puerto Rico (Caribbean Sea)
Philippines and Guam (Asia-Pacific)


Results: American victory
Treaty of Paris of 1898
Founding of the First Philippine Republic and beginning of the Philippine–American War
Spain sells to Germany the last colonies in the Pacific in 1899 and end of the Spanish Empire in America and Asia.
Territorial
changes Spain relinquishes sovereignty over Cuba; cedes Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippine Islands to the United States. $20 million paid to Spain by the United States for infrastructure owned by Spain.

             

In 1896, one star was added, representing Utah, bringing the total number of stars to 45. There were thirteen stripes representing the thirteen original colonies.

      

     Cross of Military Merit and Grave Marker

(for Combat in Cuba)

During the 12 years that this flag existed, Hawaii was annexed, William McKinley become President, the USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor and the Spanish-American War was fought between Spain and the United States. During this time the first Boston subway was completed, American Samoa was occupied, the U.S. population exceeded 75 million for the first time, the first Rose Bowl game was played , William McKinley was assasinated, the Ford Motor Company made the first Model-T, the first World Series game was played, the first powered flight was made at Kitty Hawk, the Panama Canal Zone was acquired, the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake caused massive damage in Northern California, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation was established.

 

HISTORY & MEMORIES

 

Campman's History of the Spanish American War

Campman's Memories

Company A Muster Rolls, Original Documentation [Cover] [1] [2] [3] [4]

Company A Mustered Out Rolls, [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Photos

Spanish American War, Puerto Rico Campaign (Co. A, 3rd WI, which included many Clark County, WI soldiers)

Spanish Officers, stationed in Puerto Rico before the outbreak of the 1898 war posing in their fighting finery [Photo].

 

EATON

Williams, Dell  1876-1940

Jensen, George Christian

 

GREEN GROVE

Marquardt, Charles (Mentioned in Zassenhaus' Letter); Biography

 

HEWETT

Bohnhoff, Fred C. (1874 - 1918)

Bohnhoff, Fred Bio

 

HIXON

Meyer, Lewis (Mentioned in Zassenhaus' Letter)

 

MAYVILLE

Horton, Gustavus A. (1877? - 1925)

 

PINE VALLEY

Campman, William   1875-1982, (Photo)

Glass, Elmer (1877-1905)

Hommel, John W. (1852 - 1927)

Jackson, Ole A. (1864 – 1905)

McCoy, Clark S. (1871 – 1909)

Neverman, Fred L. (1871 - 1930)

Neverman, Otto B. (1871 - 1929)

Plopf, Henry  1856

Ross, Henry (1871 - 1928)

Sniteman, Charles  1851

Youmans, Charles A. (1866 - 1929)

Zassenhaus, Will (1877? – 1914); Biography (letter from the battlefield)

 

THORP

Mead, Hixon M. (1874 – 1937)

 

GRANT

Knoll, Henry 1874-1962

WASHBURN

Frantz, Henry 1869

 

NO TOWN LISTED

Adkins, W.H.
Allen, Guy
Anderson, John
Ascott.George
Barton, Edward
Beardsley,Albert
Beaulieu, Lester
Bone, William
Brewster, William
Burnett, Frank
Burnett,Charles
Calway, Walter
Campbell,William
Cole, Willard
Darling, Harry
Eggeman, Ernest
Frantz, Henry 1869
Gates, Daniel
Gergen. Ellwood
Gustavson, Henry
Hanson, Carl
Hardison, Warren
Harrington, E.R.
Hart, Bert
Hauge, Martin
 

Heath, John
Hicks, Bermey
Higgins, Dan
Holub, J.J.
Howe, Arthur
Jones, Charles
Ketel, Emil
King, Edward
Knoop. Arnold
Lapp, Ray
Lee, Charles
Lews, Benjamin

Lloyd, Clyde
MacBride, Rob
Maeder, Adolf
Martin, Arron 1867
Matheson, Albert 1877-1967
Maxwell, William
McNamara, Edward
Meade, Roland
Nebel, William
Neely, Amos
Neverman, Julius
Northup, Thomas
Noyes, Ellis

Oleson, Peter
Page, Ernest
Peterson, Charles

Ploof, T.F.
Pulsifer, Bernard
Redmond, Lee
Rhiner, Caspar
Ruddock , Frank
Rude, George
Rude, Oscar
Rundle, Henry
Schnenll, Lewis
Schwab, Otto
Scovill, William
Sherman, Alfred
Shields, Frank
Southward, William
Stanley, Frank
Stockwell, Thomas
Tenant, Frank
WASHBURN
Waterman, William
Welsh, Mark
Whitcomb, Hugh
Wightman, George
Wildish, Allen

Photos

Spanish Officers

Stationed in Puerto Rico before the 1898 war posing in their fighting finery.

 

 

Contributors: The Jailhouse Museum, Marge Rakovec, Clark Co., WI History Buffs

 

 


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