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Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba

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Medal of the Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba.

Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba was an organization, the purpose of which was to record the history and conserve the memory of the events of the campaign that resulted in the surrender, on July 17, 1898, of the Spanish army, the city of Santiago de Cuba, and the military province to which it pertained during the Spanish–American War.

Further reading

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  • ARMY OF SANTIAGO SOCIETY.; Gen. Joseph Wheeler Presided at the Inaugural Meeting and Gen. Shafter Was Present, The New York Times August 23, 1898.
  • The constitution and by-laws of the Society of the army of Santiago de Cuba: With an historical sketch, Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba, Press of W.F.Roberts, 1900.
  • Lossing, Benson John, Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 A.D. to 1906, Volume 8, Harper & brothers, 1905.
  • Phillips, Sydney Aaron, Patriotic societies of the United States and their lapel insignia, Broadway publishing company, 1914.