Andrew Summers Rowan papers, 1891-1940.

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Andrew Summers Rowan papers, 1891-1940.

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Writings, correspondence, military orders, clippings, serial issues, maps, and photographs, relating to the exploit of A. S. Rowan in carrying the "message to Garcia" during the Spanish-American War, and to other American military activities in Cuba and the Philippines during the war and the Philippine insurrection.

9 ms. boxes, 7 scrapbooks.

Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8133042

Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library

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Rowan, Andrew Summers

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Major, United States Army. From the description of Andrew Summers Rowan papers, 1891-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868230 Andrew Summers Rowan (1857-1943), American army officer. As a lieutenant, at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898 was sent to talk with Cuban revolutionary leader General Garcia y Inigues to learn the strength of the revolutionary army. He left Washington April 8 on his secret mission and returned May 14, 1898. His explo...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...