 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Vakaenda kuCamp Thomas, pedyo nenzvimbo yekare yehondo yeChickamauga muTennessee, kuti vagadzirire kurwa muCaribbean. Muna June, vakatumirwa kuSouth Carolina kunogadzirira kupinda muCuba, asi vakanonoka nekuda kwezvinetso zvekutakura zvinhu uye vakakundikana mushandirapamwe weCuba. Panzvimbo pezvo, muna July wa 1898, vakabatanidzwa mukurwisa Puerto Rico. Vakagara mumaguta ePonce neCoamo, uye vakapinda mumakakatanwa munharaunda iyoyo kusvikira pakagumiswa kurwa muna August. Mukati mokumwe kurwisana, chikwata chacho chakapfurwa nechiuto chechiSpain uye vaviri vakaurawa. 