<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Spanish -- American War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Philippine Revolution and the Cuban War of Independence </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> ( clockwise from top left ) <Ul> <Li> Signal Corps extending telegraph lines from trenches </Li> <Li> USS Iowa </Li> <Li> Filipino soldiers wearing Spanish uniforms outside Manila </Li> <Li> The defeated side signing the Treaty of Paris </Li> <Li> Roosevelt and his Rough Riders at the captured San Juan Hill </Li> <Li> Replacing of the Spanish flag at Fort Malate </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> April 21 , 1898 -- August 13 , 1898 ( 3 months , 3 weeks and 2 days ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Cuba and Puerto Rico ( Caribbean Sea ) Philippines and Guam ( Asia - Pacific ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> American victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Treaty of Paris of 1898 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Spain relinquishes sovereignty over Cuba , cedes Puerto Rico , Guam and the Philippine Islands to the United States for $20 million </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> United States </P> Cuban revolutionaries Filipino revolutionaries </Td> <Td> <P> Spain </P> <Ul> <Li> Cuba </Li> <Li> Philippines </Li> <Li> Guam </Li> <Li> Puerto Rico </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William McKinley Nelson A. Miles Theodore Roosevelt William R. Shafter George Dewey William Sampson Wesley Merritt Joseph Wheeler Charles D. Sigsbee Máximo Gómez Demetrio Castillo Duany Emilio Aguinaldo Apolinario Mabini Antonio Luna </Td> <Td> Maria Christina Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Patricio Montojo Pascual Cervera Arsenio Linares Manuel Macías Ramón Blanco Antero Rubín Valeriano Weyler Basilio Augustín Fermín Jáudenes José Toral y Velázquez Diego de los Ríos </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 72,339 troops ( total ) 53,000 rebels 40,000 rebels </Td> <Td> 206,000 troops ( Caribbean ) Unknown ( Philippines ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> American : </P> <Ul> <Li> 281 killed and 1,577 wounded ( Army ) </Li> <Li> 16 killed and 68 wounded ( Navy ) </Li> <Li> 2,061 dead from disease </Li> <Li> 11 prisoners </Li> <Li> 1 cargo ship sunk </Li> <Li> 1 cruiser damaged </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Spanish : </P> <Ul> <Li> 200 killed and 400 wounded ( Army ) </Li> <Li> 500 -- 600 killed and 300 -- 400 wounded ( Navy ) </Li> <Li> 15,000 dead from disease </Li> <Li> 40,000 + prisoners </Li> <Li> 6 small ships sunk </Li> <Li> 11 cruisers sunk </Li> <Li> 2 destroyers sunk </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <P> The higher naval losses are attributed to the disastrous naval defeats inflicted on the Spanish at Manila Bay and Santiago de Cuba . </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Spanish -- American War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Philippine Revolution and the Cuban War of Independence </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> ( clockwise from top left ) <Ul> <Li> Signal Corps extending telegraph lines from trenches </Li> <Li> USS Iowa </Li> <Li> Filipino soldiers wearing Spanish uniforms outside Manila </Li> <Li> The defeated side signing the Treaty of Paris </Li> <Li> Roosevelt and his Rough Riders at the captured San Juan Hill </Li> <Li> Replacing of the Spanish flag at Fort Malate </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> April 21 , 1898 -- August 13 , 1898 ( 3 months , 3 weeks and 2 days ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Cuba and Puerto Rico ( Caribbean Sea ) Philippines and Guam ( Asia - Pacific ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> American victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Treaty of Paris of 1898 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Spain relinquishes sovereignty over Cuba , cedes Puerto Rico , Guam and the Philippine Islands to the United States for $20 million </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> United States </P> Cuban revolutionaries Filipino revolutionaries </Td> <Td> <P> Spain </P> <Ul> <Li> Cuba </Li> <Li> Philippines </Li> <Li> Guam </Li> <Li> Puerto Rico </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William McKinley Nelson A. Miles Theodore Roosevelt William R. Shafter George Dewey William Sampson Wesley Merritt Joseph Wheeler Charles D. Sigsbee Máximo Gómez Demetrio Castillo Duany Emilio Aguinaldo Apolinario Mabini Antonio Luna </Td> <Td> Maria Christina Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Patricio Montojo Pascual Cervera Arsenio Linares Manuel Macías Ramón Blanco Antero Rubín Valeriano Weyler Basilio Augustín Fermín Jáudenes José Toral y Velázquez Diego de los Ríos </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 72,339 troops ( total ) 53,000 rebels 40,000 rebels </Td> <Td> 206,000 troops ( Caribbean ) Unknown ( Philippines ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> American : </P> <Ul> <Li> 281 killed and 1,577 wounded ( Army ) </Li> <Li> 16 killed and 68 wounded ( Navy ) </Li> <Li> 2,061 dead from disease </Li> <Li> 11 prisoners </Li> <Li> 1 cargo ship sunk </Li> <Li> 1 cruiser damaged </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Spanish : </P> <Ul> <Li> 200 killed and 400 wounded ( Army ) </Li> <Li> 500 -- 600 killed and 300 -- 400 wounded ( Navy ) </Li> <Li> 15,000 dead from disease </Li> <Li> 40,000 + prisoners </Li> <Li> 6 small ships sunk </Li> <Li> 11 cruisers sunk </Li> <Li> 2 destroyers sunk </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <P> The higher naval losses are attributed to the disastrous naval defeats inflicted on the Spanish at Manila Bay and Santiago de Cuba . </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who won the spanish-american war and in what year was it fought
who won the spanish-american war and in what year was it fought
American victory April 21 , 1898 -- August 13 , 1898
American victory April 21 , 1898 -- August 13 , 1898