hide
Named Entity Searches
hide
Matching Documents
The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.
Document | Max. Freq | Min. Freq | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 24 | 0 | Browse | Search |
View all matching documents... |
Browsing named entities in Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). You can also browse the collection for F. W. Wheeler or search for F. W. Wheeler in all documents.
Your search returned 12 results in 9 document sections:
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Great Lakes and the Navy , the. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kilpatrick , Hugh Judson (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Las Guasimas, (search)
Las Guasimas,
A town in Cuba, east of Santiago, and between that city and Siboney.
It was here that the American troops met their first serious opposition in the Santiago campaign of 1898.
On the night of June 23, after all the American forces had been landed at Daiquiri (q. v.,) General Wheeler, accompanied by the brigade of Gen. Samuel M. B. Young, marched from Siboney, and in the morning he was considerably in advance of the main army.
Having ascertained from Cuban scouts that a Spanish force was intrenched at Las Guasimas, where two roads running from Santiago met, he determined to drive them out. General Young's regular cavalry had hardly come in contact with the Spaniards when the Rough Riders, who were marching along another route, were suddenly brought to a halt and a little confused by an unexpected volley with smokeless powder.
They fell back, but rallied quickly.
On the other side, the colored cavalry, which had come up, forced a ridge with unflinching courage, an
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McCook , Edward Moody 1833 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)