. New York and the war with Spain. History of the Empire State regiments . ith two horses to try to secure needed tentsor tarpaulins or something, but returned unable to accomplish hismission. We certainly realized that we were then beginning tofeel the hardships of war. Word came early in the evening thatreveille would be sounded at in the morning and that theregiment would march toward Santiago, engaging the enemy inbattle. They all retired at an early hour, fully realizing theseriousness of events immediately before us. July 1st was the most eventful day of the whole Cuban cam-paign; o
. New York and the war with Spain. History of the Empire State regiments . ith two horses to try to secure needed tentsor tarpaulins or something, but returned unable to accomplish hismission. We certainly realized that we were then beginning tofeel the hardships of war. Word came early in the evening thatreveille would be sounded at in the morning and that theregiment would march toward Santiago, engaging the enemy inbattle. They all retired at an early hour, fully realizing theseriousness of events immediately before us. July 1st was the most eventful day of the whole Cuban cam-paign; on it were fought the greatest battles of recent at I^I (^aney and San Juan, for reasons that can easily benamed, there took place battles of a kind most unusual, withresults marvelously victorious for our forces. Reverent menentered on this campaign believing in the righteousness of theircause and that God would prosper it. Few came out of thiscampaign, we venture to believe, without firm conviction thathad not God been on our side, the enemy would have swal-. ^y State Historian. 227 lowed us. Santiago is a city with natural fortifications ofhills and mountains on every side; such entrenchments as theSpaniards had made in the last five years, with such a block-house system for spy and signal service, cannot be found in thehistory of wars. After the action at Las Guasimas the Spanisharmy had retired to their block-houses and entrenchments, mak-ing a solid phalanx of troops of every arm of the service, extend-ing from San Juan on the right toward the sea in an unbrokenline three miles to the left, and at this point occupying thestrongly garrisoned town of El Caney. The mountain road fromSevilla to San Juan Hill, where the principal engagement tookplace, was in no place wide enough for two wagons comfortablyto pass, frequently crossed streams without bridges and for mostof the entire distance ran through thickets of underbrush ofrankest growth, which would naturally hav
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