Mar 25, 2021 - Sale 2562

Sale 2562 - Lot 286

Price Realized: $ 344
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(MILITARY--SPANISH AMERICAN WAR.) The Battle of Quasimas near Santiago ... the 9th and 10th Colored Calvary in Support of Rough Riders. Chromolithograph, 20 x 27 3/4 inches; moderate dampstaining, minor edge wear, uneven toning visible mainly from verso. Chicago: Kurz & Allison, 1899

Additional Details

Shows the first land conflict of the war, the Battle of Las Guasimas on 24 June 1898, and in particular the important work of the "Buffalo Soldiers" in the 9th and 10th Cavalry regiments. The American forces were commanded by Joseph Wheeler, who had been a Confederate cavalry general during the Civil War.