The Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection, 1898-1902

An Annotated Bibliography

Mark Barnes

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN: 9780415999571
• eBook ISBN: 9781136936982
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Latin American & Caribbean History
• Index: History

An often overshadowed event in American military history, the Spanish-American War began as a humanitarian effort on the part of the United States to provide military assistance for the liberation of Cuba from Spanish domination. At the time, no one knew that this simple premise would result in an American empire.

Through extensive research, Mark Barnes has created a comprehensive, annotated bibliography detailing this globally significant conflict and its aftermath. Insightful notes are included for every title in each chronologically organized chapter. By drawing together an impressive collection of sources, including some previously not readily available to English language readers, Barnes has created an invaluable resource for scholars of this conflict.

Routledge Research Guides to American Military Studies provide concise, annotated bibliographies to the major areas and events in American military history. With the inclusion of brief critical annotations after each entry, the student and researcher can easily assess the utility of each bibliographic source and evaluate the abundance of resources available with ease and efficiency. Comprehensive, concise, and current— Routledge Research Guides to American Military Studies are an essential research tool for any historian.

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Bibliographies and Encyclopedias

1. Alden, Carroll Storrs, and Allan Ferguson Westcott. The United States Navy, a History. Chicago, Illinois, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1943. Second Edition by J. B. Lippincott Company, 1945.

This work is a detailed history of the United States Navy from its founding in 1775 until the early years of World War II. The second edition takes the period up to the end of World War II in Europe, in May 1945. Good coverage of the United States Navy in the Spanish-American War. Work contains numerous maps, black and white illustrations, bibliography, and index.

2. All the World’s Fighting Ships. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1898.

Work is contemporary to the period of the Spanish-American War, and a study of the naval forces possessed by the major powers, including Spain and the United States.

3. Álvarez, José M., Colonel, and Jerry M. Cooper, Ph.D., Project Adviser. The Spanish-American War: An Annotated Bibliography. Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania: US Army War College, 1991.

The purpose of this War College student paper project was to assess selectively bibliographical material on the Spanish-American War in the US Army Military History Institute (MHI). The sources available at the MHI library are notable for their completeness, volume, and diversity. This study contains reviews of selected works, bibliographies, and order of battle for this conflict. Beyond the expected abundance of official records and standard academic treatments two other MHI sources are recommended: the Spanish-American War Survey Collection of living war veterans and their widows, and the historic photo collections.

4. American Military History 1607–1958: ROTCM 145–20 Department of the Army ROTC Manual. Department of the Army. Washington, D.C.: Headquarters, Department of the Army, 1959.

The standard US Army history of America’s military conflicts, as taught at West Point and other academic institutions to ROTC officers and cadets, covering the colonial period conflicts, the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 with Britain, the wars with Mexico and Spain, both World Wars, to the end of the 1950–1953 Korean War and some years beyond, including minor and little-known wars and “police actions.” The text is accompanied by forty-five finely detailed maps, data compilations, and numerous illustrations.

5. Annual Reports of the Navy Department for the Year 1898, 2 vols. Volume 1: Report of the Secretary of the Navy. Miscellaneous Reports; Volume 2: Appendix to the Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. Ensign H. H. Ward (comp.). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1898.

During the nineteenth century both of the American military services (Army and Navy) compiled and published annual reports of their activities for the year. Volume 1 is the United States Navy’s annual report as compiled by the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. Due to the numerous naval operations associated with the war with Spain in 1898, the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation—Admiral A. S. Crowninshield—directed Ensign H. H. Ward to compile an appendix (Volume 2) to the annual report which contained as many operational reports as could be accumulated by the end of 1898. Among the reports included are the findings of the United States and Spanish naval courts of inquiry into the sinking of the USS Maine, the Battle of Manila Bay (May 1, 1898), the investment and fall of Manila to American forces, seizure of Guam, blockade of Spanish ports on Cuba and Puerto Rico, reports of selected naval vessels as to their activities in the summer of 1898, the bombardment of San Juan, Puerto Rico (May 12, 1898), the Santiago engagement against Rear Admiral Pascual Cervera (July 3, 1898), and a number of miscellaneous reports. These two volumes are the primary sources of first-hand official US Navy accounts of activities in the Caribbean in conjunction with the Cuban and Puerto Rico Campaigns and Rear Admiral Dewey’s activities in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, in the Spanish-American War.

6. Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1898. Report of the Secretary of War. Miles, Nelson A., Commanding the Army. Miscellaneous Reports. 4 vols. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1898.

Following the Civil War the United States Army generally issued a single volume Annual Report of activities—under the authorship of the Commanding General of the Army—which explained how congressional appropriations were spent for the year. The Spanish-American War required that the Army issue a special four-volume set containing action reports from Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines, because “the military operations during the year have been extraordinary, unusual and extensive.” These reports contain many first-person accounts of actions during the war with Spain, of making this set an invaluable work of scholarship on this conflict.

7. Armstrong, LeRoy. Pictorial Atlas Illustrating the Spanish-American War: Comprising a History of the Great Conflict of the United States with Spain. Chicago, Illinois: C. F. Beezley, 1898. Reprint New York: George F. Cram, 1900.

This atlas contains over 150 maps and contemporary illustrations, each with brief texts relating to the Spanish-American War in the West Indies (Cuba and Puerto Rico) and the Philippines.

8. Beede, Benjamin R. (ed.). The War of 1898 and US Interventions 1898–1934, an Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1994.

Modern reference book containing well-researched information on the people, events, and groups in the Spanish-American War and Philippines Insurrection, in addition to small conflicts of intervention by the United States in the Caribbean and Central America in the first third of the twentieth century. Entries are well defined and annotated. Important reference book for academic scholarship on the 1898 war with Spain and the Philippine Insurrection yet presented in a readable style.

9. Berner, Brad K. The Spanish-American War: An Historical Dictionary. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1998.

Work is a modern reference book containing specific information on the people, events, and groups in the Spanish-American War and Philippines Insurrection. Entries are well presented, but not annotated. Important reference book on the Spanish-American War and Philippine Islands conflicts for both the academic as well as casual reader. The large number of Spanish-language works cited makes this a noteworthy volume.

10. Blewett, Daniel K. American Military History: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources. Englewood, New Jersey: Libraries Unlimited, 1995. Expanded second edition, Westport, Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited, 2009.

An annotated guide to English-language reference sources (nearly 1,200 entries) concerning American military history, including all branches of the armed services. For the Spanish-American War Period (1898–1899) this guide contains information on atlases, bibliographies, biographical sources, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and directories. Chapters 1 to 8 cover General American Military History Reference Sources and the Spanish-American War in particular. Other chapters cover military intelligence and espionage; historiography; electronic information sources; libraries and archives; museums; organizations and associations; and journals for the study of American military history.

11. Brown, Jerold E. (ed.). Historical Dictionary of the US Army. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2001.

This historical dictionary provides short, clear, authoritative entries on a broad cross section of military terms, concepts, arms and equipment, units and organizations, campaigns and battles, and people who have had a significant impact on the army. It includes over 900 entries written by some 100 scholars, providing a valuable resource for the interested reader, student, and researcher. For those interested in pursuing specific subjects further, the book provides sources at the end of each entry as well as a general bibliography. Appendixes provide a useful list of abbreviations and acronyms and a listing of ranks and grades in the US Army. Work contains references, appendices, bibliography, and index.

12. Campo Hernán, Pilar del, Silvia A. López Wehrli, and Miguel Díaz Más. Guía de fuentes documentales sobre ultramar en el Archivo General de la Marina: Cuba, Puerto Rico y Filipinas: 1868–1900. (Guide to the Documents in the General Archives of the Marine: Cuba, Puerto Rico and Philippines: 1868–1900.) 2 vols. Madrid, Spain: Ministerio de Defensa, Secretaría General Técnica, 1998.

Spanish-language two-volume set of primary sources and documents relating to Spanish naval history in the Spanish-American War in the areas of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippine Islands.

13. Chambers, John Whiteclay, II (ed.). The Oxford Companion to American Military History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Work contains information on American military history, battles and soldiers, ships and weapons, services and doctrines—as well as the social and cultural impact of the United States military at home and around the world. The Oxford Companion has over 1,000 entries by some 500 contributors, whose input ranges from brief factual pieces to extensive essays. These entries examine every major war from the American Revolution to the Persian Gulf. There are entries on the Spanish-American War with regard to relevant acts of Congress, diplomatic policies, literature, music, and photography.

14. Clark, George Ramsey, Commander, US Navy, William O. Stevens, Carroll S. Alden, and Herman F. Kraft. The Navy, 1775 to 1909. 2 vols. Baltimore, Maryland: The Lord Baltimore Press, 1910.

General history of the United States Navy from its inception in the American Revolution to the Spanish-American War, with emphasis on the navy in the Civil War and Spanish-American War.

15. —, William O. Stevens, Carroll S. Alden, and Herman F. Kraft. A Short History of the United States Navy. Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott 1911. Expanded editions issued 1916 and 1927.

General overview of the history of the United States Navy with emphasis on the naval engagements during the Spanish-American War, and in later expanded editions information covering naval actions in World War I.

16. Coletta, Paolo Enrico (comp.). A Bibliography of American Naval History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1981.

This volume is a compilation of hundreds of bibliographic sources on the history of the US Navy, including the period of the Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection (1898–1902).

17. —. An Annotated Bibliography of US Marine Corps History. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1986.

Work is a detailed annotated bibliography covering the entire history of the US Marine Corps and a large segment of the history of the US Navy compiled by an individual with recognized experience in writing on these subjects. This work includes the period of the US Marines’ involvement in the Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection—1898–1902.

18. Corbin, Henry Clark, General. Statistical Exhibit of Strength of Volunteer Forces Called Into Service During the War With Spain: with Losses From All Causes. Adjutant General’s Office. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1899.

The original document was authorized by General Henry C. Corbin, Adjutant-General United States Army, and dated December 13, 1899. It was compiled at the end of the Spanish-American War from official muster rolls created when organized state militias (the National Guard) were formally transferred (“mustered in”) to Federal control. Another set of muster rolls was created when each unit was released (“mustered out”) from Federal service. States were allowed to assign their own numerical designations for volunteer units. Some states retained their peacetime designations; others opted for a system that took up the consecutive numbering system where it had ended in the Civil War; and a few mixed the two approaches or followed unique usages. United States Volunteers (such as the US Volunteer Cavalry or Engineers) constituted a special category, being raised exclusively under Federal sponsorship as a temporary wartime augmentation to the Regular Army. This work should be used in conjunction with Annual Reports issued by each state’s Adjutant General which contain essential information on the various units’ peacetime stations and status, the changes and expansion procedures followed to bring those organizations into active military service, and frequently also include other documents including after-action reports filed with the state by each command. This work is available “on line” from the Historical Resources Branch of the United States Army Center of Military History. Note this does not include men enlisted from a state for Regular Army or Navy service for the duration of the war, State Naval Militias, or “immune”...

Table of contents

• Routledge Research Guides to American Military Studies
• Contents
• Timeline
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 Bibliographies and Encyclopedias
• 2 General Histories
• 3 Cuban, Filipino, and Puerto Rican Resistance to Spanish Rule
• 4 The Cuban Campaign
• 5 The Puerto Rico Campaign
• 6 The Battle of Manila Bay and the Capture of Manila
• 7 Philippine Insurrection
• 8 The Domestic Scene—America Looks at the War and Itself
• 9 Armaments, Uniforms, Equipment, Tactics, Military Reform
• Chapter 10 Peace
• Index