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Spanish-American War

April 21 – August 13, 1898 · Cuba and the Philippines

Result American victory

Spain-U.S. war of 21 April to 13 August 1898, sparked by the sinking of the USS Maine and America's intervention in the Cuban War of Independence and Philippine Revolution. It ended Spain's colonial presence in the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific; the U.S. took Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines and set up a Cuban protectorate. The Treaty of Paris of 10 December 1898 formally ended the war.

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United States
Spain
Theodore Roosevelt William McKinley belligerent leader Emilio Aguinaldo belligerent leader Fitzhugh Lee belligerent leader Russell A. Alger belligerent leader William Rufus Shafter military commander Nelson A. Miles military commander John Davis Long military commander
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta belligerent leader Pascual Cervera y Topete military commander Arsenio Martínez Campos military commander Ramón Blanco, 1st Marquess of Peña Plata military commander Arsenio Linares y Pombo military commander Manuel Macías y Casado military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
300,000
Casualties
4,119

United States Strength 306,760 · Killed 385 · Deaths 2,446 · Wounded 1,662

Spain Killed c. 775

Killed
c. 3,685

Units

Puerto Rico expedition (Miles) United States Army United States Army Corps of Engineers Washington State Guard Philippine Expeditionary Force (VIII Corps) V Corps (1898) Rough Riders 14th Infantry Regiment (United States) 16th Infantry Regiment (United States) 18th Infantry Regiment (United States) 19th Infantry Regiment (United States) 1st Cavalry Regiment (United States) 22nd Infantry Regiment (United States) 2nd Cavalry Regiment (United States) 2nd Infantry Regiment (United States) 3rd Cavalry Regiment (United States) 4th Infantry Regiment (United States) 5th Cavalry Regiment 7th Infantry Regiment (United States) 8th Cavalry Regiment 1st Marine Battalion (1898) 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery E Asiatic Squadron USS Olympia Flying Squadron (1898) North Atlantic Squadron USS Oregon
Spanish Army Spanish garrison of Manila Spanish garrison of Santiago de Cuba Spanish Caribbean Squadron (Cervera) Cristóbal Colón Infanta Maria Teresa Spanish Pacific Squadron (Montojo)
Philippine Army Philippine Revolutionary Army 10th Infantry Regiment (United States) 111th Infantry Regiment (United States) 1st Infantry Regiment (United States) 1st Maine Infantry Regiment 21st Infantry Regiment (United States) 24th Infantry Regiment 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment 6th Infantry Regiment (United States) 9th Infantry Regiment (United States) Philippine Navy

Battles 13

Before and after

Followed from
Cuban War of Independence February 24, 1895 – August 12, 1898
Sinking of the USS Maine February 15, 1898
Ended by
Treaty of Paris (1898) December 10, 1898

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