Winfield Scott Schley to William Sampson attempting to correct newspaper reports that he was responsible for victory over the Spanish fleet on 3 July - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC04276
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to the 1890s
Title	Winfield Scott Schley to William Sampson attempting to correct newspaper reports that he was responsible for victory over the Spanish fleet on 3 July
Date	10 July 1898
Author	Schley, Winfield Scott (1839-1911)
Document Type	Correspondence; Military document
Content Description	Attempting to correct newspaper reports that he was responsible for victory over the Spanish fleet on 3 July. Encloses a copy of the cipher telegram.
Subjects	Spanish American War Military History Latin and South America Caribbean Navy Codes and Signals Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs
People	Sampson, William Thomas (1840-1902) Schley, Winfield Scott (1839-1911)
Place written	U.S. Flagship Brooklyn
Theme	Naval & Maritime; French & Indian Wars; Government & Politics
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945