On February 13, 1898, the USS Maine ... At the onset of war with the United States, illness had decimated the Spanish fighting force, with 55,000 troops out of an army of 230,000 healthy enough ...

Following his victory at Manila Bay, Commodore George Dewey became an overnight sensation in the United States. His picture appeared everywhere, and young people, like those seen here, honored and ...

In Paris on December 10, 1898, the United States paid Spain $20 million to annex ... Although they had failed to destroy Aguinaldo's army, the American government — against MacArthur's ...