2020-07 2 sessions
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/24/2020
Unusual Spanish-American War soldier's art being a nice chess table inked on 20-1/2"x18-1/2" cloth by "Corporal Louie B. Thomas, Fort Snelling, Minnesota, Co. L, 8th U.S. Infantry Dec. 1898 May 1900, with various military themed images at margins, including the American flag "Long May She Wave" and the Cuban flag "CUBA LIBRE May 98". Framed. Fine condition. When the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, seven companies of the 8th U.S. Infantry joined the First Brigade, 2nd Division of the Fifth Army Corps and participated in the assaults on Santiago. Stubborn Spanish resistance at El Caney prevented the 8th from joining in the assault at the San Juan Heights. At the conclusion of action in the Caribbean, one company served in peacekeeping duties in Puerto Rico, while the remainder returned to New York.
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