(MILITARY.) WHITSIDE, COLONEL SAMUEL M. Annual Report of Colonel Samuel M. Whitside, 10th U.S. Cavalry, Commanding Department of Santiago and Puerto Principe, 1900. Frontispiece map of Cuba and 41 plates from photographs. Small 8vo, original stiff wrappers; lacking rear cover; light wear. Santiago, Cuba, 1900
first and only edition. scarce, oclc locating no copies. Samuel M. Whitside (1839-1904) commanded the 10th Cavalry in Cuba. The 10th, made up for the most part of "Buffalo Soldiers" and black volunteers, distinguished itself during the Spanish-American War. Colonel Whitside had the unfortunate distinction of being the senior officer in charge of the 7th Cavalry at the massacre of Wounded Knee in October of 1890. He was later promoted to colonel in 1898, commanding at Santiago.
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