Ten Years' War

Ten Years' War
	; Various illustrations of the Ten Years' War
Date	10 October 1868 – 28 May 1878; (9 years, 7 months, 2 weeks and 4 days)
Location	Cuba
Result	Pact of Zanjón
Belligerents
Republic of Cuba in Arms; Cuban Liberation Army; Supported by:; American, Puerto Rican, Dominican and Mexican volunteers;	Spanish Empire Captaincy General of Cuba;
Commanders and leaders
Carlos M. de Céspedes †; Salvador Cisneros Betancourt; Juan Bautista Spotorno; Tomás Estrada Palma (POW); Francisco Javier de Céspedes; Vicente García González; Titá Calvar; Domingo Méndez Capote; Manuel de Quesada; Ignacio Agramonte †; Carlos Roloff; Ángel del Castillo †; Honorato del Castillo †; Miguel J. Gutiérrez †; Calixto García (POW); Antonio Maceo; Perucho Figueredo †; Francisco V. Aguilera †; Donato Mármol †; Máximo Gómez; Luis Marcano †; Modesto Díaz; Thomas Jordan; Henry Reeve †;	Francisco Lersundi Hormaechea; Domingo Dulce; Blas Villate; Felipe Ginovés; Antonio Caballero; Francisco Ceballos; Cándido Pieltaín; Joaquín Jovellar; José Gutiérrez; Camilo Polavieja; Arsenio Campos; Valeriano Weyler; Eusebio Puello;
Strength
10,000–20,000 (1869); 10,000–12,000 (1873); 8,000+ (1878);	181,000 (mobilized throughout the war); 30,000 (1868); 40,000 (late 1869); 55,000 (1870); 30,000 (1875);
Casualties and losses
50,000 dead	81,248 dead (7,000 killed in action, 75,000 died from disease)

The Ten Years' War (Spanish: Guerra de los Diez Años; 1868–1878), also known as the Great War (Guerra Grande) and the War of '68, was part of Cuba's fight for independence from Spain. The uprising was led by Cuban-born planters and other wealthy natives. On 10 October 1868, sugar mill owner Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and his followers proclaimed independence, beginning the conflict. This was the first of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain, the other two being the Little War (1879–1880) and the Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898). The final three months of the last conflict escalated with United States involvement, leading to the Spanish–American War.