U.S. INVASION OF PUERTO RICO

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The 3rd Wisconsin awaits orders to charge the Spanish at Coamo. Puerto Rican and Spanish troops in Guayama. Puerto Rico was one of only two remaining Spanish possessions in the Western Hemisphere when it became the target of American efforts to rid the Caribbean of Spanish influence in the Spanish-American War. Though the main fighting of the war took place…

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