✦ History

Spanish-American War

April 21 – August 13, 1898

Result American victory

Ended by Treaty of Paris (1898)

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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Battles 13

May 1, 1898
Battle of Manila Bay American victory Battle of Manila Bay George Dewey
May 11, 1898
Battle of Cárdenas Spanish victory
May 11, 1898
Battle of Cienfuegos Spanish victory Bowman H. McCalla
May 12, 1898
Bombardment of San Juan Spanish Victory Bombardment of San Juan William Thomas Sampson, Manuel Macías y Casado
June 6–14, 1898
Battle of Guantánamo Bay American-Cuban victory Battle of Guantánamo Bay Bowman H. McCalla
June 20–21, 1898
Capture of Guam Capture of Guam Henry Glass
June 24, 1898
Battle of Las Guasimas Retreat of both armies Battle of Las Guasimas Joseph Wheeler, Demetrio Castillo Duany
July 1, 1898
Battle of El Caney American Pyrrhic victory Battle of El Caney Henry Ware Lawton
July 1, 1898
Battle of San Juan Hill American Pyrrhic victory Battle of San Juan Hill William Rufus Shafter, Joseph Wheeler, Arsenio Linares y Pombo
July 3, 1898
Battle of Santiago de Cuba American victory Battle of Santiago de Cuba William Thomas Sampson, Winfield Scott Schley, Pascual Cervera y Topete
July 3–17, 1898
Siege of Santiago American-Cuban victory Siege of Santiago William Rufus Shafter, Nelson A. Miles, William Thomas Sampson
July 25 – August 13, 1898
Puerto Rico campaign US inability to take the island Puerto Rico campaign Nelson A. Miles, William Thomas Sampson, Manuel Macías y Casado
August 13, 1898
Battle of Manila (1898) Filipino-American victory Battle of Manila (1898) Emilio Aguinaldo, George Dewey, Arthur MacArthur Jr.

Key commanders

United States 18

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 George Dewey military commander William Thomas Sampson military commander Bowman H. McCalla military commander Henry Glass military commander Joseph Wheeler military commander Demetrio Castillo Duany military commander Henry Ware Lawton military commander Winfield Scott Schley military commander Arthur MacArthur Jr. military commander Wesley Merritt military commander

Spain 7

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 Fernando Villaamil military commander