Florida in the Spanish American War

by Knetsch, Joe; Wynne, Nick

• ISBN13: 9781609490881
• ISBN10: 1609490886
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-11
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

Florida began as a Spanish Colony, with governing headquarters in Havana, Cuba. It is fitting, then, that the state played such a large role in the Spanish-American War. As a base of training and combat operations, Florida's involvement was crucial to the war effort. Join trusted historians Joe Knetsch and Nick Wynne as they log a fascinating chapter in Florida's history-a time when Roosevelt's Rough Riders prepared for battle at Tampa bases, when battleships departed from south Florida ports to avenge the sunken USS Maine and when a nation looked to the Sunshine State to help unite America around a common cause, even as the nation still struggled to come to terms with the Civil War and Reconstruction. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
Florida in the Late Nineteenth Century	p. 15
Cubans, Florida and Cuba Libre	p. 23
The Yellow Press	p. 35
The Florida Experience: Filibusterers and Politicians	p. 53
Preparations for War: The American Navy	p. 65
The American Army	p. 81
The Army Arrives in Florida	p. 93
In Camp	p. 105
Sanitation, Soldiers and Science	p. 121
Floridians and Jim Crow	p. 129
American Intelligence Operations	p. 135
Plans, Plans and More Plans	p. 149
Port Tampa: Confusion on the Docks	p. 159
The War and Its Aftermath in Florida	p. 171
Bibliographical Note	p. 173
About the Authors	p. 175
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