The Rough Riders
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The Rough Riders

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The Rough Riders

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With the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt resigned his post as assistant secretary of the navy to recruit the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry. The legendary Rough Riders—an unlikely combination of cowboys, frontiersmen, Native Americans, African-Americans, and Ivy League alumni—trained in Texas before shipping off to Cuba. The regiment met their enemy in the tropical summer heat, fighting rain, mud, and malaria as well as the Spanish Army. Their battles climaxed with the assault on San Juan Hill, where Colonel Roosevelt rallied his troops to charge through a hail of gunfire to victory.
From Roosevelt's own pocket diary comes this gripping account of the Rough Riders' heroism. Published to instant acclaim in 1899, the year after the regiment's triumphant return from Cuba, it solidified the author's popularity and helped pave his way to the White House. A revealing personal memoir as well as a compelling historical narrative, it offers spirited, informative, and essential reading for every lover of true-life adventures.

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Information

Publisher
Dover Publications
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9780486141978
Topic
History
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

APPENDIX A

MUSTER-OUT ROLL

[Owing to the circumstances of the regiment’s service, the paperwork was very difficult to perform. This muster-out roll is very defective in certain points, notably in the enumeration of the wounded who had been able to return to duty. Some of the dead are also undoubtedly passed over. Thus I have put in Race Smith, Sanders, and Tiffany as dead, correcting the rolls; but there are doubtless a number of similar corrections which should be made but have not been, as the regiment is now scattered far and wide. I have also corrected the record for the wounded men in one or two places where I happen to remember it; but there are a number of the wounded, especially the slightly wounded, who are not down at all.]

FIELD, STAFF, AND BAND.

Theodore Roosevelt Colonel New York, N. Y.
Alexander O. Brodie Lieut. Colonel Prescott, Ariz.
Henry B. Hersey Major Santa Fé, N. M.
George M. Dunn Major Denver, Col.
Micah J. Jenkins Major Youngs Is., S.
Henry A. Brown Chaplain Prescott, Ariz.
Maxwell Keyes 1st Lt. & Adjt. San Antonio, Tex.
Sherrard Coleman 1st Lt. & Q. M. Santa Fé, N. M.
Ernest Secker Sergt. Major Los Angeles, Cal.
Matthew Douthett Q. M. Sergeant Denver, Col.
Clay Platt Cf. Trumpeter San Antonio, Tex.
Joseph F. Kansky Sad. Sergeant Tacoma, Wash.
Leonard Wood Colonel Cape Cod, Mass.
Promoted, July 9, 1898, to Brig.-Gen. of U. S. Vols.
Thomas W. Hall 1st Lieut. & Adjt.
Tendered his resignation as 1st Lieut. and Adjt., which took effect Aug. 1, 1898, in compliance with S. O. No. 175, O. G. O., dated July 29, 1898.
Jacob Schwaizer 1st Lt. & Q. M. El Reno, O. T.
Resigned his commission as 1st Lieut., Aug. 4, 1898. Resignation took effect Sept. 7, 1898.
Joseph A. Carr Sergt. Major Washington, D. C.
Discharged at San Antonio, Texas, by way of favor to enable him to accept a commission as 1st Lieut. in the Regiment, May 19, 1898.
Christian Madsen R. Q. M. Sergt. El Reno, O. T.
Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate of disability at Camp Wikoff, L. I., Aug. 26, 1898.
Alfred E. Lewis R. Q. M. Sergt.
Deserted from Camp at San Antonio, Tex., on or about May 5, 1898.
Ernest Haskell Cadet West Point.
Acted with regiment as second lieutenant. Dangerously wounded by Mauser bullet, July 1st.
THE HOSPITAL CORPS.
Henry La Motte Major Williamsburg, Mass.
James A. Massie 1st Lieutenant Santa Fé, N. M.
*James R. Church 1st Lieutenant Washington, D. C.
James B. Brady Steward Santa Fé, N. M.
Herbert J. Rankin Steward Las Vegas, N. M.
Charles A. Wilson Steward Colorado Springs, Col.
John R. Rawdin Private.

TROOP A.

CAPTAIN FRANK FRANTZ.

Frank Frantz Captain Prescott, Ariz.
John C. Greenway 1st Lieutenant Hot Springs, Ark.
Joshua D. Carter 2d Lieutenant Prescott, Ariz.
William W. Greenwood 1st Sergeant Prescott,...

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Table of Contents
  5. I - Raising the Regiment
  6. II - To Cuba
  7. III - General Young’s Fight at Las Guasimas
  8. IV - The Cavalry at Santiago
  9. V - In the Trenches
  10. VI - The Return Home
  11. APPENDIX A - MUSTER-OUT ROLL
  12. APPENDIX B
  13. APPENDIX C
  14. APPENDIX D - CORRECTIONS
  15. A CATALOG OF SELECTED DOVER BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS OF INTEREST