Walter Mason Dickinson at Fort Sill
Spanish-American War, 1898
Fort Sill (Okla.)
Walter Mason Dickinson at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He was the grandson of Marquis Fayette Dickinson and the only Amherst man to die in the Spanish-American War. He fell in the Battle of El Caney (Cuba) on July 1, 1898, which was a precursor to the Battle of San Juan Hill. He died from his wounds on July 2, 1898.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1880
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Folder: Dickinson, Walter M. -- Photographs
Portrait of Walter Mason Dickinson
Spanish-American War, 1898
Amherst (Mass.)
Hand-colored portrait of Walter Mason Dickinson in uniform. He was the only Amherst man to die in the Spanish-American War in Cuba. According to a Springfield <a title="Strickland's trip to Cuba" href="../../../items/show/923">newspaper article</a>, his remains were brought back to the United States by Ellery F. Strickland, an employee of the Amherst undertaker, E. D. Marsh. Strickland also brought back branches from the mango tree under which Dickinson died.
Jones Library Special Collections
Before 1898
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E. F. Strickland's tedious trip
Spanish-American War, 1898
Article from a Springfield newspaper about the journey to retrieve the body of <a title="Portrait of Walter Mason Dickinson" href="../../../items/show/783">Walter Mason Dickinson</a> after his death in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
Jones Library Special Collections
1898-11
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