Our War with Spain

A Thrilling Account of the Land and Naval Operations of American Soldiers and Sailors in Our War with Spain, and the Heroic Struggles of Cuban Patriots against Spanish Tyranny

CONTENTS

I. A War for Liberty and Humanity

II. How Columbus Found the "Pearl of the Antilles"

III. Spain's Black Historical Record

IV. Buccaneering in the Spanish Main

V. Commercial Development of Cuba

VI. Beauties of a Tropical Island

VII. Wealth from Nature's Store in the Forest and Fields of Cuba

VIII. The Cubans and How They Live

IX. Havana, the Island Metropolis

X. The Cities of Cuba

XI. Mutterings of Insurrection

XII. Outbreak of the Ten Years' War

XIII. Massacre of the Virginius Officers and Crew

XIV. Operations of the Ten Years' War

XV. The Peace of Zanjon and Its Violated Pledges

XVI. Preparations for Another Rebellion

XVII. The Cuban Junta and Its Work

XVIII. Key West and the Cubans

XIX. Another Stroke for Freedom

XX. Jose Marti and Other Cuban Heroes

XXI. Desperate Battles with Machete and Rifle

XXII. Filibusters from Florida

XXIII. Weyler the Butcher

XXIV. Cuba Under the Scourge

XXV. Fitzhugh Lee to the Front

XXVI. Americans in Spanish Dungeons

XXVII. Maceo Dead by Treachery

XXVIII. Weyler's Reconcentration Policy and Its Horrors

XXIX. American Indignation Growing

XXX. Outrages on Americans in Cuba

XXXI. McKinley Succeeds Cleveland

XXXII. The Case of Evangelina Cisneros

XXXIII. Work of Clara Barton and the Red Cross

XXXIV. The Catastrophe to the Maine

XXXV. Patience at the Vanishing Point

XXXVI. Events in the American Congress

XXXVII. President McKinley Acts

XXXVIII. Strength of the Opposing Squadron and Armies

XXXIX. Battleships and Troops Begin to Movev XL. Diplomatic Relations Terminate

XLI. First Guns and First Prizes of the War

XLII. Declaration of War

XLIII. Call for the National Guard, Our Citizen Soldiery

XLIV. Blockade of Cuban Ports

XLV. Spanish Dissensions at Home

XLVI. The Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Other Colonies of Spain

XLVII. Progress of Hostilities

XLVIII. Sea Fight off Manila, Americans Victorious

XLIX. Hawaii, and Our Annexation Policy

L. Continued Success for American Soldiers and Sailors

LI. The Invasion of Puerto Rico

LII. The Surrender of Manila

LIII. Victorious Close of the War

LIV. Personal Reminiscences