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Hamilton Fish, Jr.

Hamilton Fish Jr., Troop L of the Rough Riders, U.S. Army, was the first American soldier to fall in the advance against Santiago in Cuba. He died at Las Guasimas, Cuba, on June 24, 1898.

Columbian 1895
Hamilton Fish, Jr.
Class of 1895 portrait
Hamilton Fish Jr.

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