[Letter] 1898 Jul. 8, Quintero, Cuba [to] Maj. Gen. Wm. R. Shafter / Calixto Garcia.

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[Letter] 1898 Jul. 8, Quintero, Cuba [to] Maj. Gen. Wm. R. Shafter / Calixto Garcia.

Garcia writes to Gen. Shafter informing him of the military situation in Quintero, Cuba as of 8 PM of Jul. 8, 1898. Gen. Shafter was a major figure in the Spanish-American War.

[2] p. ; 22 cm. + envelope

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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García Iñiguez, Calixto, 1839-1898

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Spanish born Garcia is usually associated with three Cuban uprisings in the 19th century. He is the Garcia in Elbert Hubbard's essay: A message to Garcia. From the description of [Letter] 1898 Jul. 8, Quintero, Cuba [to] Maj. Gen. Wm. R. Shafter / Calixto Garcia. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 227035822 ...

Shafter, William Rufus, 1835-1906

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Army officer. Born in 1835 in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Served in the Michigan Infantry during the Civil War. Commissioned lieutenant colonel in the regular army 1866, brevetted brigadier general in 1897. Awarded medal of honor for gallantry at Fair Oaks. Received surrender of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Served in Texas 1863-1897. Died in 1906. From the description of Papers, 1863-1897, 1876-1877. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 24097707 ...