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Henry Reeve (soldier)

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Henry Mike Reeve Carroll
Brigadier General Henry Reeve
Nickname(s)El Inglesito (Little Englishman)
BornApril 4th, 1850 (1850-04-04)
New York City, United States
DiedAugust 4th, 1876 (aged 26)
Yaguaramas, Cuba
Allegiance United States
 Cuba
Service / branch Union Army (1861–1865)
Cuba Cuban Army of Liberation (Cuba)
(1869-1876)
RankSoldier (U.S.)
Brigadier General (Cuba)
Battles / warsAmerican Civil War
Ten Years' War (Cuba)

Henry Reeve (April 4, 1850 — August 4, 1876) was a Brigadier General in Cuba's 'Ejército Libertador' (Army of Liberation) - more commonly known as the 'Ejército Mambí' - during the First Cuban War of Independence (Ten Years' War) (1868–1878). In his youth, he was a drummer boy in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Biography

He was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States on April 4, 1850, son of Alexander Reeve and Maddie Carroll, and died in Matanzas, Cuba on August 4, 1876. Reeve was 26 years old at the time of his death, and had served in the Cuban Army for 7 years, having participated in over 400 engagements against the Spanish Army. [citation needed]

Henry Reeve was honored by the Cuban government in 1976 on the centenary of his death with a postal stamp.[citation needed]

In response to Hurricane Katrina, Cuba proposed a medical brigade of 1,586 humanitarian doctors to offer assistance to the United States. The offer was declined, and in September 2005 President Fidel Castro renamed the brigade as the Henry Reeve International Contingent of Doctors Specialized in Disasters and Serious Epidemics in honor of him.[1] In March 2020, 144 health workers from this Henry Reeve Brigade were sent by Cuba to assist Jamaica in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic in Jamaica, also another group was sent to Italy to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[2][unreliable source?]

Sources and further reading

  1. ^ "Castro: U.S. hasn't responded to Katrina offer". CNN. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  2. ^ Elmaazi, Mohamed (26 March 2020). "Corbyn praises Cuba's 'inspirational' coronavirus efforts – part of its longstanding medical solidarity around the world". The Canary. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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