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The following units and commanders of the U.S. and Spanish armies fought at the Battle of San Juan Hill during the Spanish–American War on July 1, 1898.
Abbreviations used [ ]
Military Rank [ ]
United States V Corps at the Battle of San Juan Hill
Other [ ]
w = wounded
k = killed
m = missing
U.S. [ ]
V Corps [ ]
MG William R. Shafter
MG Joseph Wheeler , second-in-command[1]
Headquarters
1st Squadron, 2nd U.S. Cavalry - Cpt. Thomas J. Lewis
Companies C & E, U.S. Engineers
Signal Corps Detachment
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
1st Division
BG Jacob Ford Kent K -89, W -495, M -58 = 642[2]
1st Brigade
BG Hamilton S. Hawkins , (w , July 2)
6th U.S. Infantry : Ltc Harry C. Egbert
16th U.S. Infantry : Col Hugh A. Theaker
71st New York Volunteer Infantry : Col Wallace A. Downs
2nd Brigade
Col Edward P. Pearson
3rd Brigade
Col Charles A. Wikoff (k )
Ltc William S. Worth (w )
Ltc Emerson H. Liscum (w )
Ltc Ezra P. Ewers
9th U.S. Infantry - Ltc Ezra P. Ewers, Maj William H. Boyle
13th U.S. Infantry - Ltc William S. Worth, Maj William Auman, Maj Philip H. Ellis (w )
24th U.S. Infantry - Ltc Emerson H. Liscum, Maj Alfred C. Markley
Cavalry Division (dismounted)
BG Samuel S. Sumner [3]
MG Joseph Wheeler K -46, W -329, M -0 = 375[4]
1st Brigade
Col Henry K. Carroll (w )
BG Samuel S. Sumner
3rd U.S. Cavalry - Colonel Samuel Baldwin Marks Young , Maj Henry W. Wessells (w )
6th U.S. Cavalry – Col Henry K. Carroll, Maj Thomas C. Lebo
9th U.S. Cavalry – Ltc John M. Hamilton (k ), Cpt Eugene D. Dimmick
2nd Brigade
BG Leonard Wood [5]
1st U.S. Cavalry – Col Charles D. Veile
10th U.S. Cavalry – Ltc Theodore A. Baldwin
1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry – Col Theodore Roosevelt
Artillery
Artillery Battalion
Maj John W. Dillenbach
Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery
Battery K, 1st U.S. Artillery - Cpt C.L. Best
Battery A, 2nd U.S. Artillery - Cpt George S. Grimes
Battery F, 2nd U.S. Artillery - Cpt Charles D. Parkhurst
Siege Train[6]
Battery G, 4th U.S. Artillery
Battery H, 4th U.S. Artillery
Attached Units[7]
Sibony Beachhead Garrison
BG Henry M. Duffield
9th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
33rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry
34th Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery
Spanish [ ]
IV Corps [ ]
Gen Arsenio Linares [8] (w. )
Gen José Toral y Velázquez
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Santiago Division
Gen José José Toral y Velázquez
1st Brigade
1st Provisional Battalion of Puerto Rico
4th Battalion Talavera Peninsular Regiment
1st Battalion San Fernando Regiment
1st Battalion Asia Regiment
1st Battalion Constitution Regiment
1st Battalion Cuba Regiment
2nd Battalion Cuba Regiment
1st Battalion Simancas Regiment
Manzanillo Division
Escario's Brigade
3rd Alcantara Peninsular Battalion
19th Puerto Rican Rifle Battalion
1st Battalion Andalucia Regiment
1st Battalion Isabella la Catolica Regiment
2nd Battalion Isabella la Catolica Regiment
Attached Units
1st Tercio of Guerrillas
2nd Tercio of Guerrillas
1st Cavalry Regiment
6th Battery, 4th Mounted Artillery
1st Battery, 5th Foot Artillery
Engineers and Sappers
See also [ ]
References [ ]
^ Wheeler was the senior most front line commander during the battle Santiago Campaign, 1898 by Joseph Wheeler
^ Kent's Official Report for July 1 Wheeler, Joseph The Santiago Campaign, 1898 p.67
^ Samuel S. Sumner was in temporary command of the division when the battle began as General Wheeler was ill. Wheeler returned to the front once the battle was underway. Longacre, Edward G. A Soldier to the Last: Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler in Blue and Gray : 2006 p.227
^ Wheeler, Joseph The Santiago Campaign, 1898 p.55
^ Nofi, Albert The Spanish–American War, 1898 , 1997 p.149
^ Spanish–American War
^ Konstam, Angus San Juan Hill 1898: America's Emergence as a World Power : 1998, p.92
^ Nofi, Albert The Spanish–American War, 1898 , 1997 p.333
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