Jordan had resigned from his Cuban post in February and returned to the United States, ending his long military career.

He will eventually settle in New York City and, continuing his interest in writing, will publish numerous articles on the Civil War and become the editor of the Mining Record.

Máximo Gómez is returned to his command and a new generation of skilled battle-tested Cuban commanders rises from the ranks, these including Antonio Maceo Grajales, José Maceo, Calixto García, Vicente Garcia González and Federico Fernández Cavada.

Cavada, who had served as a Colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War, is named Commander-in-Chief of all the Cuban forces on April 4, 1870.