On Feb. 6, 1899, Congress approved the Treaty of Paris, which also ceded the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S.

Theodore Roosevelt became a national hero after leading a voluntary cavalry, the Rough Riders, in the Spanish-American War. After, the former assistant naval secretary served as New York governor ...

Hoping for a chance to fight in the Spanish-American War, he enlisted in the cavalry. He never made it to the battlefield, but his training at Alabama’s Camp Wheeler turned him into a skilled ...

Troops on the march, Spanish American War. Artist Glackens ... "Go to Manila," he ordered his 1st Cavalry commander. "Go around the Nips, bounce off the Nips, but go to Manila." ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — From Crispus Attucks and onward, Black Americans’ involvement with war ... the 10th Cavalry of the Buffalo Soldiers. It was a name given to them, but Native American ...