Caddo Parish's Roll of Honor - Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection

Here are the names of Caddo Parish military members who died in the Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection, 1898-1902. For more information on the latter conflict, which is not generally known to most Americans, see Prologue Magazine, Summer 2000, Vol. 32, No. 2, "Researching Service in the U.S. Army During the Philippine Insurrection."

This list is based on archival, public and private lists that in some case vary in terms of numbers of soldiers, names and dates of loss. Ranks and grades may vary among sources as many soldiers were promoted posthumously. Updates and corrections emailed to John Andrew Prime at jprime@gannett.com or japrime@bellsouth.net will be incorporated into the listing as appropriate. Information in this site is public and may not be sold or copyrighted by any third parties. If information from this site is used in other settings credit in the form of a citation to the URL http://www.japrime.com/soldiers.htm or to the appropriate sub-page is requested.

Black, Columbus Lynton Jr. Private, Co. D, 11th Cavalry, US Army, and former Rough Rider with Teddy Roosevelt in Puerto Rico, died Dec. 25, 1900, Philippine Islands, murdered by a prison. Buried at Forest Park West Cemetery, Shreveport, La.

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