Item 11582 - Spanish officers departing, Kittery Navy Yard, 1898
- Item 11582 - Spanish officers departing, Kittery Navy Yard, 1898
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- Item 11582
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Image Info Spanish officers walk toward waiting ships as they leave Kittery Navy Yard where they were prisoners of war during the Spanish American War in 1898.
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More than 1,600 Spanish prisoners of war were housed at the Navy Yard in 1898. Shown here are officers of Admiral Cervera's staff leaving Camp Long.