Spanish Voluntarios 
in Cuba 
Gonzalo Castañon Escarano
(1834-1870)

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Combate de Russell House Cayo Hueso 1870: Muerte de Castañón (1870)
La muerte de Gonzalo Castañón en Cayo Hueso en 1870
Gonzalo Castañón: un mierense en Cuba
La tumba de gonzalo Castañon, Los Pontones, Concejo de Lena, Asturias
 

An Havana Editor in Florida to Fight a Duel (New York Times, Jan. 30, 1870)
Excitement at Key West--The Editor of the Voz de Cuba Killed (Baltimore Sun, Feb. 1, 1870)
Cuban Patriots at Key West (Baltimore Sun, Feb. 1, 1870)
A Cuban Editor Shot (New York Times, Feb. 1, 1870)
Arrival of Senor Castanon's Remains at Havana (Baltimore Sun, Feb. 2, 1870)
Remains of Castanon at Havana (New York Times, Feb. 2, 1870)
(Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 2, 1870)
The Feeling Over the Killing of Castanon, New York Times, Feb. 3, 1870
(Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, Feb. 5, 1870)
The Editorial Recontre at Key West (Columbus Enquirer, Feb. 8, 1870)
The Death of Castanon, New York Times, Feb. 12, 1870
Further Effects of the Murder of Castanon, New York Times, Feb. 13, 1870
From Key West (Philadelphia North American and United States Gazette, Feb. 25, 1870)
Cubans in Key West (Galveston Tri Weekly News, March 7, 1870)
Reign of Terror at Key West (Philadelphia Inquirer, April 5, 1870)
Tragedies at Key West (Daily Cleveland Herald, April 7, 1870)
The Castanon Murder (New York Times, May 21, 1870)
Killing of Jose Botella, New York Times, July 11, 1871
The Executions at Havana (Trenton Daily State Gazette, Dec. 5, 1871)