Topic summary
Ten Years' War
Carlos M. de Céspedes†- Salvador Cisneros Betancourt
- Juan Bautista Spotorno
- Tomás Estrada Palma(POW)
- Francisco Javier de Céspedes
- Vicente García González
- Titá Calvar
- Domingo Méndez Capote
- Manuel de Quesada
- Ignacio Agramonte†
- Carlos Roloff
- Ángel del Castillo†
- Honorato del Castillo†
- Miguel J. Gutiérrez†
- Calixto García(POW)
- Antonio Maceo
- Perucho Figueredo†
- Francisco V. Aguilera†
- Donato Mármol†
Máximo Gómez- Luis Marcano†
- Modesto Díaz
Thomas Jordan- Henry Reeve†
- 10,000–20,000 (1869)
- 10,000–12,000 (1873)
- 8,000+ (1878)
- 181,000 (mobilized throughout the war)
- 30,000 (1868)
- 40,000 (late 1869)
- 55,000 (1870)
- 30,000 (1875)
The Ten Years' War (Spanish: Guerra de los Diez Años; 1868–1878), also known as the Great War (Guerra Grande) and the War of '68, was a war of independence of Cuba from Spain. The uprising was led by Cuban-born planters and other wealthy natives. On 10 October 1868, sugar mill owner Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and his followers proclaimed independence, beginning the conflict. This was the first of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain, the other two being the Little War (1879–1880) and the Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898). The final three months of the last conflict escalated with United States involvement, leading to the Spanish–American War.