Photo Book of General Henry Ware Lawton (1843-1899) and of the Spanish
American War
Lawton's
early years
Lawton
as an Indian Fighter
In
Cuba, Spanish-American War
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General Lawton "Near the Rough Rider's
Battlefield at Las Guasimas," shortly after battle, Cuba, June 24, 1898
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Conference soon after Rough Rider's fight, Las
Guasimas, June 24, 1898
and a week before the joint battles in Cuba of San Juan Hill &
El Caney. Sitting in the grass with General Wheeler, Theodore
Roosevelt and others.
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General Lawton Conferring With Cuban
Officers, 1898
a rare photo in the Cuban campaign
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Stone
Fort, El Caney, showing hill up which Gen. Lawton's forces charged
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El Caney, Cuba, —from the Fort.
Scene of Lawton's glorious victory
The Philippine
Insurrection, Spanish-American War
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Admiral Dewey advising General Lawton in
regard to the Philippine Campaign
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General Lawton at his Desk
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General Lawton
in the Field
- General Lawton supervising the departure of his troops on the Santa Cruz
Expedition (sketch)
- General Lawton on his launch entering Laguna de Bay with his troops
and cascoes following (sketch)
- Cascoes, with soldiers for General Lawton's Campaign, towed
by the "Tin Clad" "Laguna de Bay" up the Pasig River to Lake
Laguna de Bay
- Picking up the dead and wounded after the bloody battle of Santa Cruz
(sketch)
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General Lawton fearlessly leading his troops, under fire, across the
iron bridge leading to Santa Cruz (sketch)
- General
Lawton & Staff (Mt. Arayat Expedition)
- General Lawton
giving instructions on the ammunition-float, Arayat
- Angeles, through which General Lawton passed through on his
famous trip to the north culminating at Mount Arayat
- Angeles,
With Mount Arayat in the distance, the farthest point north reached by
General Lawton on his flying campaign.
- Natives clamoring at Provost Marshal's headquarters
for passes to leave San Fernando, after Lawton captured the place.
- Road leaving San Fernando and bridge over which Lawton
passed in his northern campaign, in pursuit of Aguinaldo
- View on the
San Juan River north of San Fernando, on the route of General Lawton's
northward journey
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Lawton's troops at mess—soldiers
destitute of shoes and hats, some without overshirts.
- Calamba, on Laguna de Bay, the first town captured by Lawton during his
last campaign
- Filipino prisoners captured by General Lawton amusing themselves at Fort
Santiago, Manila.
- General Lawton's "Bull Train" with provisions and halted on the road for
rest.
- Hardships of Lawton's campaign in the rainy season.
- The Monument to Aguinaldo, at Pagsanjan
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Incidents
of General Lawton's Second Advance on San Isidro
- General Lawton
and Major Howard at Calumpit
- Lawton going
aboard the armored launch "Florida" at Calumpit, October 16, 1899
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General & Mrs. Lawton with son Manley at Calamba, the
morning after the city was captured.
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Major Gen. Henry W. Lawton taking a rest
after the capture of Malolos, P.I.
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Resting by the way,
Lawton's expedition, P.I. (soldiers only)
- General
Lawton with his horse (great photo, from the cover of Leslie's
Weekly Jan 6 1900)
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Home
Rule
Organizing the local government at Las Piñas
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Last
known photo of General Lawton, on the way to San Mateo
The Death
of General Lawton
The
Funeral in Manila: (Dec 1899)
Arrival
of the body in San Francisco: (01 Feb. 1900)
Funeral in Washington, DC: (09
Feb. 1900)
Home Life
Monuments
to General Lawton
Lawton Links on our sites
Topics on General Lawton
The General Lawton
Photo & Sketch Album:
General
Lawton, "Uncle Henry" to the Two Little Knights of Kentucky
General
Lawton's Family
Lawton's Reception in Louisville, 1898
Death of General Lawton Dec 19, 1899 -
Newspaper reports
(includes a longer biography)
Other
Links:
Henry
W. Lawton, Forgotten Warrior
The site above promises to soon be the most comprehensive site on General
Lawton on the net
Geronimo's
Surrender - Skeleton Canyon, 1886
Chronology of
the Spanish American War
Assault
on San Juan Hill
The
Battles of San Juan Hill and El Caney
Named
Campaigns - Philippine Insurrection
An
American POW in the Philippines
Stereoview,
General Lawton's Casket.
Arlington
Cemetary web site, more biography and grave site photo
Biography
of Licerio Geronimo
www.archive.org (if links are dead, you may
find them archived here)
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