1898 Spanish American War

Being an American War there is lots of material available on the web so this page is more a note to myself than for anybody else. 

W. A. Rogers. "The Battle of Desmayo - The Cuban Balaklava." In: Harper's Pictorial History of the War with Spain. Vol. 1. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899. NYPL, United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

Rough Chronology 

1890's Spanish-Cuban Tensions 

1895-1897 The Rise of American Anger 

1898 

Feb. Explosion of the USS Maine 

Apr US Declares War 

May The Philippines 

July-Aug. Ground War in Cuba 

Aug.-Dec. Treaty of Paris 

1899 Effects of the Treaty of Paris 

"A New Map of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines revised to date."

Supplement to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 8, 1898.  NYPL, Map Division

Web Sources

Both Google and Yahoo have a category covering this war, so these are worthwhile places to start your own investigations.  I've included a small sub-set as well ... 

General History

Small Planet Communications: A Splendid Little War

Has some interesting articles. 

Spanish American War Centennial Website

Fantastic amount of information including uniforms and chronology.  Delves into all aspects of the Spanish American War, including the issues of Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. homefront.

Library of Congress: The Spanish-American War

Quite good.  Includes a comprehensive chronology.

The Press and Spanish-American Relations in 1898 - John Baker 

An article on the effects of the Press on Spanish-American Relations in 1898 By John Baker

The Spanish-American War

Contains lots of interesting links to historical accounts

Lincoln Cushing's Centennial of the Spanish-American War - 1898-1998

Small site by Lincoln Cushing

Earl L. Willoughby's Spanish American War

Very sketchy site by Earl L. Willoughby. Includes a list of battles and quite a long list of other sites to visit.

US Navy -- Spanish-American War

Covers Naval aspects of conflict.

Movies

The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures

The war was the first captured by movie cameras and this site has some b&w movies to prove it.  They are short, rough, grainy and don't have any action shots, but it gives the period flavour. 

Articles on specific troops/forces

Albert A. Nofi - From 'Dagoes' to 'Nervy Spaniards': American Soldiers' Views of their Opponents, 1898

A very good article resurrecting the reputation of the Spanish troops during the war. 

Small Planet Communications: Cuban Soldiers

A article resurrecting the reputation of the Cuban Insurgents. 

The Rough Riders

A first hand historical account by Theodore Roosevelt.

Wargaming 

Arofan Gregory's Historical Miniatures Wargaming Resource Site

Includes a Painting Guide for the Spanish-American War

The "Splendid Little War" 

Miniatures Wargames Rules for the Spanish-American War

Books I know about but haven't seen yet  

Field, Ron. ().  Spanish-American War: 1898.

Information on the uniforms and equipment worn with over 150 color plates.  

Freidel, Frank.  ().  The Splendid Little War.  

Drawing largely upon memoirs and other first person accounts of soldiers and sailors, Freidel presents a combat history of the Spanish American War. He concludes that American successes in the conflict often resulted from Spanish ineptitude.  

Goldstein, Donald M.  ().  The Spanish-American War: The story and photographs.  

Over 450 photographs show what the war was really like. 

Linn, Brian M.  ().  The Philippine War, 1899-1902.   

Focusing purely on the military aspects of the war, Linn (history, Texas A&MU.) argues that previous studies of the war have mischaracterized it as having qualities which can only be ascribed to the final few campaigns (i.e. concentration camps). 

Millis, Walter. (). The martial spirit.  

Describes actions  in Cuba, Hawaii, and the Philippine Islands in 1898.

Musicant, Ivan. ().  Empire by Default: The Spanish-American War and the Dawn of the American Century. 

A history of the Spanish-American War and the rise of imperialism in America in the late 19th century.

Roosevelt, Theodore. (). The Roughriders.

The classic book on the Cuban campaign

Walker, Dale () The Boys of '98: Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders

A history of the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, better known as the "Rough Riders," and their role in the Spanish-American War.

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