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    From Yauco to Las Marias: A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of Brig. General Schwan
    From Yauco to Las Marias: A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of Brig. General Schwan
    From Yauco to Las Marias: A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of Brig. General Schwan
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    From Yauco to Las Marias: A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of Brig. General Schwan

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    Release dateDec 11, 2019
    ISBN4064066229238
    From Yauco to Las Marias: A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of Brig. General Schwan

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      From Yauco to Las Marias - Karl Stephen Herrman

      Karl Stephen Herrman

      From Yauco to Las Marias

      A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of Brig. General Schwan

      Published by Good Press, 2022

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4064066229238

      Table of Contents

      INTRODUCTION

      INTRODUCTION

      CHAPTER I

      CHAPTER II

      CHAPTER III

      CHAPTER IV

      CHAPTER V

      CHAPTER VI

      CHAPTER VII

      CHAPTER VIII

      CHAPTER IX

      CHAPTER X

      A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF BRIGADIER-GENERAL SCHWAN.

      APPENDIX

      INTRODUCTION

      Table of Contents

      CHAPTER I

      The Independent Regular Brigade

      Place of meeting—Forces comprised by the command—Why we were not like the Volunteers—Characteristics of the professional soldier—Sketches of the more important officers—What we were ordered to do.

      CHAPTER II

      The First Day's March

      Disposition of our column—The road to Sabana Grande—The infantrymen's burden—Wayside hospitality—Hard tack and repartee—Into camp and under blankets—Arrival of Macomb's troop—A smoke-talk.

      CHAPTER III

      The People of Puerto Rico

      Their attitude toward the invading Americans—The proclamation of General Miles—Justice and the private soldier—Depravity of the native masses—Men and women of the better class—Local attributes of life—A hint to the weary.

      CHAPTER IV

      The Second Day Begins

      We march to San German—Removal of the sick from the ambulances—An

      approaching Spanish force—Our scouts and their leader—Concerning Seńor

      Fijardo—Visible effects of imminent battle—Something about the town of

      San German.

      CHAPTER V

      The Engagement at Hormigueros

      Topography of the battlefield—Macomb's cavalry fired into by Spanish skirmishers—Our advance-guard comes into contact with the foe—General Schwan reaches the firing line—The main body arrives and joins in the fray—Subsequent manoeuvres of our column—The Spanish retreat—A computation of losses.

      CHAPTER VI

      The Second Day Ends

      A personal résumé of the fight—Lack of melodramatic accompaniments—A lost chance of glory—Another neglected opportunity—A glimpse of the flag—Once more into camp.

      CHAPTER VII

      The Occupation of Mayaguez

      We enter the city in triumph—An enthusiastic reception—A pretty girl and the star-spangled banner—Other memorable incidents—Our rags and tatters—A description of Mayaguez—We pitch our tents in a swamp—The First Kentucky Volunteers.

      CHAPTER VIII

      The Engagement at Las Marias

      Difficulties encountered in locating the retreating enemy—Final determination upon pursuit—Lieutenant-Colonel Burke sets forth—Discovery of Spanish troops near Las Marias—A one-sided encounter—Unwelcome notification of truce—The rest of the brigade comes up—Feeding the prisoners—Our disappointment.

      CHAPTER IX

      The Territory Won

      General Schwan returns to Mayaguez—Business and pleasure—A custom we abolished—Extent of the district captured by our brigade —Aguadilla—Facilities for transportation—Labor and the laborer—The cost of living—Rents and real estate—Skilled workmen—A word about investments.

      CHAPTER X

      The End of the Campaign

      Arrival of the mail-steamer—The soldier-boy and his letters—The greater part of the brigade is quartered in Mayaguez—Agriculture in Puerto Rico—Material result of our campaign—A farewell order—General Schwan departs for the United States.

      A Brief Sketch of the Life of Brigadier-General Schwan

      APPENDIX

      THE ILLUSTRATIONS

      Theodore Schwan, Brigadier-General U.S. Volunteers

      Statue of Columbus, Mayaguez

      American Cavalry entering Mayaguez on the 11th of August

      The Public Fountain in Aguadilla, a Favorite Rendezvous

      for Runaway Lovers

      Plaza Principal, Mayaguez. Town Hall in Background

      Spanish Prisoners who were brought from Las Marias to Mayaguez

      Plaza Principal, Mayaguez. A Public Celebration of the New Flag's Advent,

      under the Auspices of the Local School-teachers and their Pupils

      The Plaza of San German on Market-day

      Lower Quarter of Mayaguez

      A Mid-section of the Calle Mendez-Vigo, Mayaguez

      Positions occupied by Spanish Soldiers in the Skirmish at Hormigueros

      Railroad from Mayaguez to Aguadilla

      The Theatre, Mayaguez

      Custom-house at Mayaguez occupied by General Schwan as Brigade

      Headquarters

      Road from Mayaguez to Ańasco

      Lower End of the Calle de Mendez-Vigo, Mayaguez

      Guenar Bridge, Mayaguez

      Upper End of the Calle Mendez-Vigo, Mayaguez

      The Town of Sabana Grande

      Witch River, near Cabo Rojo

      American Camp at Mayaguez

      Plaza Mercado, Mayaguez

      Mouth of the Mayaguez River

      A Bit of Yauco

      Wooden Dock at Mayaguez. In the Offing can be seen the German Man-of-war

      Geier

      Eleventh of August Street

      The Officers of the Alphonso XIII Regiment of Cazadores, taken a few days

      before the Fight with the American Troops at Hormigueros

      The Military Hospital, Mayaguez

      Part of the Village of Maricao

      Infantry Barracks, Mayaguez

      The Rosario River, near Hormigueros

      A Street in San German

      Tobacco Plantation (cutting leaves), Mayaguez

      The Plaza Principal in Mayaguez looking toward the Church

      A Ruined Church along our Line of March

      A Puerto Rican Laundry

      Watering the Artillery Horses at Yauco

      A Native Bull-team

      On the Road to Lares

      The Best Outfit in our Wagon Train

      Promenade of the Fleas in Yauco

      When only One Man gets a Letter

      The Weary Travellers' Spring, near Ańasco

      A Crude Sugar Mill near Las Marias

      A very Popular Spot

      Two Knights and a Pawn

      INTRODUCTION

      Table of Contents

      I have ventured to set down in this place the following bald and brief items of our recent history, not because I doubt an already existing common knowledge of their substance, but simply because they serve to illuminate

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