Siege of Santiago
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The siege of Santiago, also known as the siege of Santiago de Cuba, was the last major operation of the Spanish–American War on the island of Cuba.
General Toral's surrender of Santiago to General Shafter, July 13th, 1898, Unknown author
American trenches on San Juan Hill during the siege.
General Miles during surrender negotiations for Santiago
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Calixto García
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Calixto García y Íñiguez was a Cuban general in three Cuban uprisings, part of the Cuban War for Independence: the Ten Years' War, the Little War, and the War of 1895, itself sometimes called the Cuba
Siege of Santiago
…Henry W. Lawton's division moved up from El Caney extending the U.S. right flank to the north. To the northwest, Cuban rebels under the command of Calixto Garcia extended the U.S. line to the bay. General Arsenio Linares had been severely wounded at the Battle of San Juan Hill and was replaced by General José…
Garcia in 1898
García with American brigadier general William Ludlow at the time of the landing of the American army in Cuba
García depicted on the original artist/progress proof designed by the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing for Cuban silver certificates (1936).