Antonio Maceo
Heroes, History, and Historiography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2755822 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia Weiss Fagen (San Jose State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 69-94 |
| Publication date | 1976-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Research Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8791 • E-ISSN: 1542-4278 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0023879100030302 |
| OpenAlex | W4312469974 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
On 7 December 1897, on the outskirts of Havana in San Pedro, a small party of Cuban rebels led by Lieutenant General Antonio Maceo y Grajales was ambushed by a Spanish patrol. General Maceo was killed; at his side, Panchito Gómez Toro, son of the Cuban Commander-in-Chief Máximo Gómez, also died. The surviving Cuban soldiers buried the two bodies in a secret grave to protect them from desecration by the Spanish forces. Several days later in Havana, the Spanish commander-in-chief, General Valeriano Weyler, learned of Maceo's death and celebrated. Weyler, whose cruelties had earned him the enduring title of "the butcher," gathered his officers and supporters around him; they feasted, drank, and prematurely toasted Spanish victory. They could not imagine that the rebels would continue to fight once they had lost the superhuman figure of Maceo
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Butcher · Historiography · Humanities · Political science · Politics · Victory · Cuban History and Society · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2020 (37) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |