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Andrew Summers Rowan (April 23, 1857 – January 10, 1943) was born in Gap Mills, Virginia (now West Virginia ), the son of John M. Rowan and Virginia Summers.
Andrew Summers Rowan, the U.S. Army officer who at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War was sent on a secret mission to Cuba to meet with rebel leader General Calixto Garcia y Iniguez, an undertaking that was romanticized and popularized in Elbert Hubbard’s essay ‘A Message to Garcia.’
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Wagner selected 40-year-old 1st Lt. Andrew S. Rowan to join García, who led the rebel forces in eastern Cuba. On April 9, Rowan, posing as a civilian, boarded a steamer in New York bound for Kingston, Jamaica.
- Elbert Hubbard
- 1899
Hubbard’s story described the activities of U.S. Army Lieutenant Andrew S. Rowan, dispatched on a secret mission to Cuban General Calixto García to arrange for military cooperation between Cuban and American armies.
Dec 8, 2015 · Andrew Summers Rowan (April 23, 1857-January 10, 1943) was famous for carrying a message from the American president to a Cuban rebel general. He was born in Gap Mills, Monroe County.
One of the most interesting characters arising out of the Spanish-American War was Lt. Andrew Summers Rowan, who was selected by President William McKinley to carry a secret message to the Cuban general Calixto Garcia. After his deed, his name and fame spread far and wide.
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