Theodore Roosevelt called it: "A splendid littlewar".It is true that Roosevelt used that term and the quote is often credited to him in err. John Milton Hay, the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom and later the US Secretary of State penned it in a letter to Roosevelt and deserves the credit for that bit of prose.
surrender at Appomattox ended the civil war
If you mean what battle ended the war, the traditional ending to the war was the Surrender at Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865.
No that was 1865, if you mean the American civil war.
The Civil War ended when Lee signed the surrender papers at appomattox court house on April 18th to U. S. Grant.
In a letter to Theodore Roosevelt he termed it "A Splendid Little War".
major battles in the splendid little war of spain
John Hay wrote the quote 'Splendid Little War' -J
It was called a Splendid Little War.
A "splendid little war"
John Hay, the US ambassador to England referred to the war as a "splendid little war" in comparison to the US Civil War in his letter to Teddy Roosevelt.
John Hay, the US ambassador to England referred to the war as a "splendid little war" in comparison to the US Civil War in his letter to Teddy Roosevelt.
It is often termed a splendid little war.
John Hay, The US. Ambassador To Great Britain, called it "A Splendid Little War" and then became the Secretary of State.
It was called a splendid little war.
"...splendid little war" Talking about the Spanish American War
It would have been a splendid little war if Yellow Fever hadn't interferred.