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Battle of Santiago de Cuba: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date July 3, 1898 • June 1898 - July 1898
Location Cuba • Santiago de Cuba
Participants Spain • United States
Context Spanish-American War

Photos

Wreck of the Vizcaya
Rough Riders
Nelson Miles, William R. Shafter, and Joseph Wheeler
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Timeline

Battle of Manila Bay
Battle of Manila Bay
May 1, 1898
Wreck of the Vizcaya
Battle of Santiago de Cuba
June 1898 - July 1898; July 3, 1898
Rough Riders
Battle of San Juan Hill
July 1, 1898

Key People

Oil portrait of Theodore Roosevelt by John Singer Sargent showing Roosevelt standing with one hand on a wooden pedestal and the other on his hip, dressed in a dark suit.
Theodore Roosevelt
president of United States
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Pascual Cervera y Topete
Spanish admiral
William T. Sampson
William T. Sampson
United States admiral
Chaffee, Adna R.
Adna R. Chaffee
American army officer

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