Rough Riders: The Battle Of San Juan Hill

The Battle of San Juan Hill was the engagement between the United States and Spain that concluded the Spanish colonial control. The most acclaimed unit that was in Cuba at the time was the “Rough Riders”. Led by Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt and Colonel Leonard Wood. The Rough Riders were camped along the Santiago Road in Cuba during the first day of July of 1898 getting ready for battle. The Battle of San Juan Hill was a pivotal battle for both antagonist. Teddy’s “Rough Riders” was a volunteer cavalry troop consisting of a wide range of volunteers from Ivy League athletes to singers to Texas Rangers and Native Americans from Indian Territory, New Mexico, Arizona, and Oklahoma. Roosevelts chronicling has made it possible to reenact and filmed well after. …show more content…
It put the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, led by Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt against the Spanish Army. Due to his diligence and excellent written accounts of the battle, it continues to be reenacted by groups, made into movies, and studied to this day. The training and supplies they received while in training by LTC Roosevelt and Colonel (COL) Leonard Wood was so substantial that the Rough Riders participation into action was contrary to other volunteer companies. The Americans definitely outgunned due to the advanced weapons the Spanish were employing. This determination brought upon the surrender of the city and later