✦ History

Philippine-American War

February 4, 1899 – July 2, 1902 · Manila, Philippines

Result American victory

The Philippine-American War began on 4 February 1899, after the United States annexed the Philippines under the Treaty of Paris ending the Spanish-American War, refusing to recognize the Philippine Republic proclaimed in 1898. Filipino forces shifted from conventional battles to guerrilla warfare by late 1899. President Emilio Aguinaldo was captured on 23 March 1901, and the U.S. declared the war over on 4 July 1902.

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United States
Philippines First Philippine Republic
Theodore Roosevelt William McKinley belligerent leader William Howard Taft belligerent leader John J. Pershing military commander Adna Chaffee belligerent leader Tasker H. Bliss belligerent leader Leonard Wood belligerent leader J. Franklin Bell belligerent leader
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Elwell Stephen Otis military commander Arthur MacArthur Jr. military commander Jacob Gould Schurman military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 126,000
Casualties
7,126
Killed
1,020
Wounded
2,930

United States Killed c. 4,500

Killed
c. 20,500
Civilian deaths
200,000–250,000

Units

United States Army Corps of Engineers United States Marine Corps Alexander Vandegrift General Archibald H. Gillespie Barber Conable Chuck Robb Clifton Bledsoe Cates General Colgate Darden Donald Regan George Shultz Finance Minister Henry Clay Cochrane Hussein Farrah Aidid Corporal James Baker Captain James L. Jones General James T. Conway General Jim Guy Tucker Officer Candidate John A. Toolan Major General John T. Walker Lieutenant General Lawrence D. Nicholson Lieutenant General Lee Harvey Oswald Lou Lenart Captain Oliver North Lieutenant Colonel Oliver P. Smith General Paul Ilyinsky Colonel Pete Wilson Peter Pace General Presley O'Bannon Major Price Daniel Sub-lieutenant Robert Bork Roy Geiger General Samuel Nicholas Major Stanley S. Hughes Thomas D. Waldhauser General Thomas E. Watson Lieutenant General Walter E. Boomer General William H. Rupertus General William M. Tuck William P. Biddle Major General US Eighth Army Corps (Philippines) 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment 14th Infantry Regiment (United States) 16th Infantry Regiment (United States) 18th Infantry Regiment (United States) 1st Cavalry Regiment (United States)
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22nd Infantry Regiment (United States) 23rd Infantry Regiment (United States) 28th Infantry Regiment (United States) 2nd Cavalry Regiment (United States) 2nd Infantry Regiment (United States) 3rd Cavalry Regiment (United States) 4th Cavalry Regiment (United States) 4th Infantry Regiment (United States) 5th Cavalry Regiment 5th Infantry Regiment (United States) 7th Infantry Regiment (United States) 9th Infantry Regiment (United States) Philippine Scouts 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery E United States Navy Albert Kautz Alexander Slidell MacKenzie Andrew Hull Foote Arthur Dewey Struble Admiral Aubrey Fitch Admiral Bowman H. McCalla C. Douglas Dillon Carleton H. Wright Rear Admiral Catesby ap Roger Jones Lieutenant Charles Dwight Sigsbee Charles Henry Davis Chester W. Nimitz Fleet Admiral Christopher W. Grady Admiral Clifton Sprague Admiral Cyrus Vance Lieutenant Daniel Patterson Captain David Conner David Dixon Porter David E. Jeremiah Admiral David Farragut Donald Rumsfeld Captain Edmund Muskie Lieutenant Endicott Peabody Erik S. Kristensen Eugene R. Black Sr. Foster Furcolo Francis Cherry Frank Kelso Admiral Franklin Buchanan Admiral Frederick C. Sherman Vice Admiral George Busbee George C. Read George Dewey Admiral of the Navy George Dominic Murray Admiral George McMillin Goodwin Knight H. Struve Hensel Harry W. Hill Admiral Henry Glass Henry H. Bell Henry Kent Hewitt Admiral Henry L. Roosevelt Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Thompson Jr. Husband E. Kimmel Rear Admiral Isaac Chauncey Commodore James Florio Lieutenant Commander James Forrestal Lieutenant James Lawrence Captain James Oren Ellis, Jr. Admiral James V. Allred James W. Nicholson Rear Admiral Jeremy Michael Boorda Admiral Jesse Elliott Captain Joe Kernan John A. Volpe John Adolphus Dahlgren John Connally John Downes John Lorimer Worden John Marston John McCain Captain John N. Mitchell John Rodgers John Rodgers (naval officer, born 1772) Commodore John Taylor Wood John W. Weeks Jonathan Howe Admiral Joseph J. Clark Admiral Joseph Metcalf, III Vice Admiral Joshua Barney Josiah Tattnall General Leighton W. Smith, Jr. Admiral Leo Ryan Lewis Compton Mahlon Tisdale Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher Admiral Michael Mullen Admiral Michael P. Murphy Lieutenant Neil Armstrong Norman Scott Rear Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry Commodore Paul A. Dever Ralph Austin Bard Raphael Semmes Richard Dale Commodore Richard Helms Richard Valentine Morris Commodore Richard Wainwright Rear Admiral Richmond K. Turner Admiral Robert B. Meyner Robert C. Giffen Vice Admiral Robert Henley Captain Robert L. Ghormley Vice Admiral Rodman M. Price Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter Vice Admiral Roy L. Johnson Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont Sidney Souers Rear Admiral Stansfield Turner Admiral Stephen Decatur Commodore Theodore Douglas Robinson Theodore Stark Wilkinson Admiral Thomas Cassin Kinkaid Admiral Thomas Hinman Moorer Admiral Thomas S. Gates Jr. Lieutenant Commander Thomas Truxtun Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones Truman H. Newberry U. S. Grant Sharp, Jr. Admiral W. John Kenney Warren Anderson (businessman) Warren Christopher William Bainbridge Commodore William D. Leahy Fleet Admiral William French Smith William H. P. Blandy Admiral William H. Webster Lieutenant William Halsey Jr. Fleet Admiral William J. Crowe Admiral William P. Rogers Lieutenant Commander William Raborn Vice Admiral William Thomas Sampson Contrammiraglio William Wallace Wotherspoon Major General Winfield Scott Schley William Henry Hudson Southerland 1867–1914
Philippine Army Philippine Revolutionary Army Philippine Navy
10th Infantry Regiment (United States) 1st Infantry Regiment (United States) 21st Infantry Regiment (United States) 24th Infantry Regiment 27th Infantry Regiment (United States) 6th Infantry Regiment (United States)

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Before and after

Followed from
Philippine Revolution 1896 – 1898

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