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The Second War for Cuban Independence

aka The Spanish-Cuban-American War

Marti, Maceo and Gomez

by Jerry A. Sierra

After careful planning by José Martí and a series of events that seemed to conspire against the Cuban rebels, the war of independence began on February 1895.

This was the 2nd effort by the Cubans to free themselves from centuries of Spanish domination, and brought back many of the loved heroes of the Ten Year War: Antonio Maceo, Maximo Gómez, Flor Crombet and many others.

The 2nd war for Cuban independence featured some of the most moving and dramatic moments in Cuban history; the death of Martí at Dos Rios, the western invasion and the military campaigns of Gómez and Maceo (the fox and the lion), the death of Maceo in December 1896, U.S. intervention in 1898 and the rising of the American flag over Havana after the Spanish flag was lowered on December 10, 1898.

1. Before The War | 2. The War Begins | 3. U.S. Intervention | 4. After The War |

Sidebars:
5. The Spanish-Filipino-American War
6. An excerpt from Mark Twain's "To The Person Sitting In Darkness"
7. "Cuba Libre" A Poem by Ernest H. Crosby
8. References

Related:

On the nature of the revolution
An excerpt from: INSURGENT CUBA: RACE, NATION, AND REVOLUTION, 1868-1898
By Ada Ferrer

An excerpt from: "Liberty - The Story of Cuba," by Horatio S. Rubens. Chapter 1 tells the author's experience during a Key West tobacco workers strike in 1893, just before the start of the 2nd War of Independence.

Letter from General Gómez to Estrada Palma | Official proclamations issued on July 1 and November 6 in 1895 |

The Platt Amendment | The Teller Amendment | General Máximo Gómez speaks to the troops - 11/30/1895 | An excerpt from the introduction to: "SLAVES, SUGAR, & COLONIAL SOCIETY: TRAVEL ACCOUNTS OF CUBA, 1801-1899," by Louis A. Pérez, Jr. | U.S. Occupation of Cuba - An excerpt from Cuba: A Country Study | The USS Maine Goes to Havana

Independence GALLERY includes images from the war, portraits of Maceo, Martí and Gómez.

The José Martí Timeline | The Antonio Maceo Timeline | The Ten Year War


Return to Timetable - 1895
Introduction Early History Struggle for
Independence		 BEFORE
The Revolution		 AFTER
The Revolution		 The Eighties
And Beyond

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