How many Spanish died in the Spanish American War?
Spanish–American War Casualties and losses American: 385 killed 1,662 wounded 11 prisoners 2,061 dead from disease 1 cargo ship sunk 1 cruiser damaged Spanish: 700–800 killed 700–800 wounded 40,000+ prisoners 15,000 dead from disease 6 small ships sunk 11 cruisers sunk 2 destroyers sunk Click to see full answer. Keeping this in view, how many…
Spanish–American War Casualties and losses American: 385 killed 1,662 wounded 11 prisoners 2,061 dead from disease 1 cargo ship sunk 1 cruiser damaged Spanish: 700–800 killed 700–800 wounded 40,000+ prisoners 15,000 dead from disease 6 small ships sunk 11 cruisers sunk 2 destroyers sunk Click to see full answer. Keeping this in view, how many Spanish soldiers died in the Spanish American War? 379 Furthermore, how many soldiers served in the Spanish American War? The war was fought by U.S. regular forces and state volunteers. About 250,000 enlisted men and 11,000 officers served in this conflict. Most volunteers came from the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Ohio. Correspondingly, what killed most soldiers in the Spanish American War? The Spanish-American War claimed the lives of 3,000 Americans, but only a small fraction of these soldiers died in combat. Yellow fever and typhoid decimated entire units, swiftly spreading through camps in the Caribbean and the southeastern United States.How long was the Spanish American War?The war that erupted in 1898 between the United States and Spain was preceded by three years of fighting by Cuban revolutionaries to gain independence from Spanish colonial rule.
