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Antolin Martínez Cambón, manuscript orderly book "Diario de operaciones del Regimiento de Infantería Cárdenas, " 1897-1898.

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Box 3, Folder 10
Abstract:
Orderly book from November 1897 to September 1898, from when Lt. Col. Antolin Martínez Cambón took control of the Cuban Revolutionary Army 1st Division's "Cárdenas" Infantry Regiment in the regions between Matanzas and Sancti Spíritus until when that regiment was merged into the "Clotilde García" Regiment. Descriptions are included of military movements, the construction of fortifications, skirmishes with Spanish troops (including providing covering fire for other regiments), and coordination with other Cuban Revolutionary Army regiments (particularly the "Clotilde García") and later the US military. In September 1898, the Cárdenas was camped on the northern coast at the mouth of the Camarioca, where sixty years later the US would organize a large boatlift of Cuban exiles, and it was at the Camarioca that the Cárdenas was merged into the Clotilde García. Partial geographical list: Cárdenas (Matanzas), Hoyo Colorado (Matanzas), Itabo (Matanzas), Santa Clara Bay/Bahía de Sta. Clara, Peña (Matanzas?), Cairo (Matanzas?), Santiaguillo (Matanzas), Ojo de Agua (Cienfuegos?), Congojas/Conjoga (Cienfuegos), Ponce, Morla, Janeté, Diamante, Morla/Morlan?, Tierras Negras (Matanzas), Santa Marta (Matanzas), Jesús María (Matanzas?), Camarioca (Matanzas), Boca de Camarioca (Matanzas).
Extent:
Approximately 80 pages (1 volume)

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