Introduction:

a personality who stood out significantly within Pinar del Río and national society during the War of Independence of 1895-1896 was Major General Antonio Maceo. Much has been written about his military exploits, but there are still aspects that are not well supported historically. On the occasion of a political-ideological day in the province

Subject:

of military health was discussed; the insufficient literatures was the reason for undertaking a research aimed at researching the structure of military health that Maceo supposedly had in Pinar del Río during the military campaign in 1896.

Methods:

A qualitative, historical, situational, and descriptive research was carried out, using the primary and the secondary sources of information collected. The main sources to obtain the data were found in the History Archive and in the Provincial Library of Pinar del Río of the main historical moments with reference to Antonio Maceo.

Development:

that were published at that time; which allowed to create geographical, chronological and specific thematic aspects, and state.

Conclusions:

concerning the doctors that really accompanied him and also had a great performance in the attention of the wounded in the main combats, the number of casualties and deaths in the combat actions, the mentioned blood hospitals and the burials carried out in the province. In the opinion of the author, historical facts are mentioned that are typical from Pinar del Río in that military conflict of Maceo.

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