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The Virginius Affair
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The Virginius Affair
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| The Virginius pursued by the Tornado. | Capture of the Virginius near Jamaica. |
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| Capt. Fry bids farewell to the crew of the Virginius before their execution. | Capt. Fry bids farewell to the crew of the Virginius before their execution. |
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| Execution of the Virginius crew at the Santiago de Cuba slaughterhouse. | Execution of the Virginius crew at the Santiago de Cuba slaughterhouse. |
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| Spanish cavalry trample the cadavers of the Virginius martyrs. |
The Capture of
the Virginius Announced, New York-Herald, Nov.
10, 1873, 7
The Captain
and Crew of the Virginius Executed by the Spaniards, New
York Herald, Nov. 13, 1873, 3
The Virginius
Story as Related by Tornado's Commander, New York
Herald, Nov. 18, 1873, 4
Despatches
of
U.S. Consuls in Santiago, November-December 1873
Walker, Jeanie Mort. Life of
Capt. Joseph Fry the Cuban Martyr (1875)
Harper's Weekly cover of
the Virginius Affair (Jan. 10, 1874)
List of 155 people
captured on board the American steamer Virginius by the
Spanish steamer Tornado
Indemnity
Lists for Crew and Passengers of the Virginius
Honoran la memoria de las victimas del
"Virginius", Diario de
la Marina, octubre 29, 1948, 23
Gran peregrinacion al panteon de los martires del
Virginius, Diario de
la Marina, noviembre 11, 1948, 31
Honrarán el día 22 la
memoria del Capitán Joseph Fry, Diario de la
Marina, febrero 19, 1956, 1
Gen. Juan Nepomuceno Burriel, Governor of Santiago de Cuba
EXPEDITIONARIES:
de Céspedes, Pedro
Fry, Joseph
Ryan, William A. C.
Sol, Jesús del
Varona, Bernabé de
Agnes E. Fry letter to Thomas F.
Bayard, March 19, 1885
Eliza J. Williamson letter to
Thomas F. Bayard, April 18, 1885
BLOGS
The Virginius
Incident (Jonathan Ault)
