After three hours of brutal combat, the Cubans completely routed their enemy. Slaves who fought on either side are freed, but slavery is not abolished and Cuba remains under Spanish rule. It does not mention Maceo. An eight-day truce is agreed upon, to be terminated on March 23. Men like me fight only in the cause of liberty and will smash their guns rather than submit.
War breaks out again.
The rebel government accepts Spanish peace terms , officially ending the Ten-Year War. Maceo arrives, unnoticed, in New York.