Spanish-Cuban-American War
African American U.S. Colored Troops(U.S.C.T.) 

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Chief Petty Officer John Henry Turpin
survived the U.S.S. Maine explosion,
retired as Chief Gunners Mate in 1925.
John Jefferson, trumpeter,
Troop D, 10th US Cavalry.

 

Bibliography of Black Troops in the Spanish-American War
The Black Volunteers in the Spanish-American War (Military Affairs, April 1974)