Robert Hastreiter, ca. 1836-1922.
Wisconsin in War, 1861-1898. [Wisconsin: s.n., 1898]
(SPL) E537 .W81 1898

Wisconsin provided four regiments of infantry and a battery unit to the Spanish-American War effort, raising over 5,300 troops, with a loss of 148.

Emanuel Rossiter.
“Right Forward, Fours Right, March!": a Little Story of Company I, Third Wisconsin Volunteers, First Brigade, First Division, First Corps . [s.l.: s.n., 1900?]
(SPL) E 726 .W6 R67 1900

Copy of a photograph of Spanish-American War volunteers in Waukesha, Wisconsin, leaving for Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, June 29, 1898, to join the 4th Wisconsin Infantry.
Millane Family Photograph Collection
UWM Manuscript Collection 130
Milwaukee Urban Archives, Golda Meir Library

Copy of a photograph of the first reunion of Company A, 4th Wisconsin Infantry in G. A. R. Hall, Waukesha, Wisconsin, June 29, 1908.
Millane Family Photograph Collection
UWM Manuscript Collection 130
Milwaukee Urban Archives, Golda Meir Library

Scenic Trolley Rides : Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. Milwaukee: King-Fowle-M'Gee Co., [1898].
(SPL) F 589 .M645 R38x 1898

This advertising brochure for trolley tours of the Milwaukee area was published in the year of the war, and provides a contemporary glimpse of Milwaukee and its environs, including Racine, Waukesha, West Bend, and Whitefish Bay.

Gustav Adolf Zimmermann, 1850-1903.
Unser Krieg Mit Spanien: Nach Den Besten Quellen Dargestellt. Milwaukee: G. Brumder, 1900.
(SPL) E 715 .Z56x 1900

This account of the Spanish-American War was produced by the Milwaukee German-language publisher, George Brumder. Brumder was among the leading German-language publishers in the United States at the turn of the century. This account offers graphic descriptions of the relative naval fighting power of the combatants. The Spanish fleet at the time was woefully outdated, and although the U.S. fleet outclassed its Spanish counterpart in every regard except numbers, U.S. civilian and military leaders feared that they faced a superior European power. Panicky citizens up and down the East Coast imagined Spanish squadrons sweeping across the Atlantic and laying siege to their ports and coastal cities. This led to the U.S. North American Squadron being split between the Cuban blockade and U.S. coastal duties, to the detriment of both missions. Despite the confusion and inefficiency that plagued U.S. efforts in the Atlantic, superior American naval technology proved victorious, and laid the groundwork for naval expansion during the Progressive Era, ultimately leading to worldwide American naval superiority. Today’s U.S. global supremacy can be traced directly to the spectacular rise of U.S. naval power in the war against Spain.

Manuscript draft of the by-laws of the Hugh J. McGrath Camp (Milwaukee) of the National Auxiliary United Spanish War Veterans, ca 1902, 5 pp.

Reflecting the racially segregated culture of the time, the Hugh J. McGrath Camp only allowed membership to “Any White Lady of good moral character. . . .”

On loan from Mrs. Rhoda Ann Lemanski, Cudahy, Wis.

Minute books of the Hugh J. McGrath Camp, National Auxiliary United Spanish War Veterans, 1902-1908.

On loan from Mrs. Rhoda Ann Lemanski, Cudahy, Wis.

Collection tin for the Hugh J. McGrath Camp, National Auxiliary United Spanish War Veterans, ca 1910.

On loan from Mrs. Rhoda Ann Lemanski, Cudahy, Wis.

United Spanish War Veterans, National Auxiliary, Department of Wisconsin. Annual encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans, Department of Wisconsin. Appleton: the Dept., 1966-1967.
(SPL) E 714.3 .U93x

Reports and Proceedings of Annual Conventions.

Photograph of Spanish-American War veteran Corporal Albert Francis Reed of Green Lake, Wisconsin, with his family, ca 1900.

On loan from Mrs. Rhoda Ann Lemanski, Cudahy, Wis.