The war generals, and important people. William McKinley was the president during this time he spent two years trying to avoid the Spanish American war. He spent his final two years dealing with our new territories. Russell Alexander Alger was the secretary of war at the time. He was a major general in the civil war. He was governor of Michigan also. John Milton Hay was ambassador to Great Britain. He then became secretary of state during the Roosevelt era. Fitzhugh Lee he was governor of Virginia and became a general in Cuba. When he returned he was put in charge of the seventh army corp. Who didn’t ever fight.Captain Charles Sigsbee He fought on the USS Brooklyn and then transferred to the north Atlantic fleet. He was given command to the first steel warship in the US. Navy. Admiral George Dewey was the admiral of the navy after his victory in Hong Kong. He returned one of the greatest war heros of the time.Albertus Catlin was the first lieutenant of the marines. He Commanded the USS. St. Louis. He then returned to cuba and commanded there. Lieutenant Robert Hunnington He built the first marine battalion and led them to victory in Guatemala bay. He was the best and strictest instructor in the whole army.All of these men helped greatly in the war. Without these brave men we might not have won this war. This of course only named a few of the generals and politicians in the Spanish American war.http://www.homeofheroes.com/wallofhonor/spanish_am/18_people.htmIt wont let me put oictures on here and there iis no tab for them either.
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