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William Herman Wilhelm (1867-1901) was born in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, the son of James Henry and Martha Weaver Wilhelm. He was educated at Ulrich's Preparatory School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then went on to Lehigh University in 1883. Wilhelm left Lehigh for the U.S. Military Academy and graduated from there in 1888. When war was declared against Spain, he became aide-de-camp to Brigadier-General Simon Snyder and accompanied him with the Army of Occupation to Cuba. In 1899 Wilhelm was promoted to Captain with orders to proceed to the Philippines and was assigned to the 21st Regiment of Infantry as Captain in Company B. The material in the diary details Wilhelm's experiences fighting in the Philippine-American War (1899-1902). The diary is a copy of the original, and was created by Wilhelm's cousin, Ethan Allan Weaver. The diary begins November 28th, 1898 when Wilhelm leaves Knoxville, Tennessee by train for Savannah, Georgia to board his transport ship the "Manitoba" bound for Cuba. His notes during his time in Cuba with General Snyder are written in Spanish. Upon his arrival in New York, April 5, 1899 he returns to the use of English for the remainder of his diary which ends June 7, 1901. According to Weaver, Wilhelm was mortally wounded in action near Lipa, Batangas Province, Philippines on June 10, 1901. Captain Wilhelm died June 12, 1901. His body was returned to Mauch Chunk via Manila for burial and presumably his journal accompanied his body where it came into the possession of Weaver.

Primary language: English. Secondary language: Spanish; Castilian. Wilhelm, William Herman, 1867-1901 Weaver, Ethan Allen, 1853-1929 1r 3r 4r 4v 5r 5v 6r 6v 7r 7v 8r 8v 9r 9v 10r 10v 11r 11v 12r 12v 13r 13v 14r 14v 15r 16r 16v 17r 17v 18r 18v 19r 19v 20r 20v 21r 22v 23r 23v 24r 24v 25r 25v 26v 27r 27v 28r 28v 29r 29v 30r 30v 31r 31v 32r 32v 33r 33v 34r 34v 35r 35v 36r 36v 37r 37v 38r 38v 39r 39v 40r 40v 43r bound to: 180 x 210 mm From 1898 to 1902 Pennsylvania Philippines--History--Philippine American War, 1899-1902 Spanish-American War, 1898 Diaries Snyder, Simon Wilhelm, William Herman, 1867-1901 Cuba Havana (Cuba) Cienfuegos (Cuba : Province) Philippines Batangas (Philippines) Calamba (Laguna, Philippines) Las Piñas (National Capital Region, Philippines)