Walter Mason Dickinson at Fort Sill

Lovell, John L., 1825-1903

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.

Circa 1880

Photograph

4.25 x 6.5 in.

Lovell, John L., 1825-1903, "Walter Mason Dickinson at Fort Sill," in Digital Amherst, Item #780, http://www.digitalamherst.org/items/show/780 (accessed February 4, 2012).

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Spanish-American War, 1898

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