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Title: The Fourteenth Ohio national guard--the Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Creager, Charles E., 1873- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Ohio infantry. 4th regt., 1898-1899. (from old catalog) Ohio infantry. 14th regt., 1877- (from old catalog) Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Regimental histories United States
Publisher: Columbus, Ohio, The London printing and publishing co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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no doubt but that he was theman who fired the shoi which wounded WalcutThe house was entered by Colonel Coit in person, ac-companied by several men, and when they came outthey had some arms, a Spanish flag and several pris-oners of war. Among them was Blanco. They wereall taken to the provincial jail and locked up, a strongguard being placed over the jail. When everything had quieted down, it was al-most dark and arrangements were begun for the night.Company B was detailed as guard in the to\vn and theother companies were stationed as outposts on thenorth and west sides of the city. The Third Illinoistook charge of the other approaches. The men thatwere left were permitted to camp for the night where-ever they chose and some pitched their tents in thestreet, others in the public buildings and others in theplaza. Most of the shelter tents and other baggagewas discarded in the advance on the city so that manyof the men were compelled to seek shelter underroofs or sleep in the open air.
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THE FOURTH 0. 7. /. 161 OHAPTEE XI. THE ROAD TO CAYEY. Battle of Guayama—Comments on the Capture—Effect olThis Duty Upon the Regiment—General Haines and theFourth Ohio—Restlessness in the City—Reconnoiter ofthe Road—Spanish Camp Located—Orders for SecondReconnoiter—A False Alarm—A Break for Guayama—Stories of Ambush—Their Effect—Excitement at Head-quarters—Regiment Made a Rescuing Party—Americanversus Spaniard—Dynamite Guns in Action—^A Make-Shift Caisson—Barrio De Las Palmas—Other Expe-ditions. When the officers of the United States army wereinstructing the officers of the Fourth Ohio as to thepreparation of blanks in the final muster out of theregiment at Columbus in January, 1899, one of themsaid: In preparing the discharges of the men, youwill in recording the military record of each, give thos^credit who were in action on August 5th at Guayama,Porto Rico, as the government has dignified that en-gagement with the name of battle. The simple facts

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