On the morning of July 1 1898, in a matter of seconds before fundamental ambush on the San Juan Heights was set to start, Brig. Gen. Henry Lawton, with a constrain of infantry, assaulted the Spanish establishment close El Caney. The situation wasn’t meant to last all day because it meant to be brief but it was happening all day. While it was happening, it had involved fighting from fixed positions and many causalities were from both the Americans and Spanish. There are two major landmarks within the town of El Caney that unquestionably survive from 1898. Historic photographs suggest that at the time of the 1898 fighting, El Caney was a small community composed mainly of lightly built homes. The assault of the Americans was made by 12,000
