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    The Virginius Affair was a diplomatic dispute that occurred from October 1873 to February 1875 between the United States, Great Britain, and Spain (then...
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    November 17, 1873, Sumner stated his views in an interview on the Virginius Affair at a local library in Boston. He believed that although the ship was...
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    broken in October 1873, when a Spanish cruiser captured a merchant ship, Virginius, flying the U.S. flag, carrying supplies and men to aid the insurrection...
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  • Virginius may refer to: Virginius Affair, a diplomatic dispute that occurred during the Ten Years' War Virginius, the ship at the center of the Affair...
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    privately owned ship, the Virginius, was used to run guns, ammunition, and vital supplies to the Cuban rebels. The captain of the Virginius was Joseph Fry, former...
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    the Virginius, a gun-running ship delivering men and munitions to Cuban revolutionaries, which was captured by Spain during the Virginius Affair, did...
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    gunboat diplomacy. He is best remembered for his involvement in the "Virginius Affair" of 1873. In October of 1878, he married Frederica Mary Horatia (daughter...
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    a class of four U.S. Navy monitors ordered in the aftermath of the Virginius affair with Spain in 1873. The four ships of the class included Amphitrite...
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    the American filibustering steamer Virginius by the Spanish Navy corvette Tornado. The Spanish had taken Virginius into port at Santiago de Cuba in Cuba...
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    to the post, and took part in the negotiations growing out of the Virginius Affair. His inaccurate and emotional messages to Washington promoted war,...
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