Kent Taylor
Captain Jim Flagg
Search results
The Rough Riders was a nickname given to the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish–American War and the only one to see combat.
Nov 19, 2020 · The Rough Riders participated in two important battles in Cuba. The first action they saw occurred at the Battle of Las Guasimas on June 24, where the Spanish were driven away. The Rough Riders lost seven men with thirty-four wounded.
Jul 13, 2024 · Rough Rider, in the Spanish-American War, member of a regiment of U.S. cavalry volunteers recruited by Theodore Roosevelt and composed of cowboys, miners, law-enforcement officials, and college athletes, among others.
May 12, 2022 · Rough Riders and Buffalo soldiers from the 9 th Calvary were the first to reach the Kettle Hill summit—taking heavy Spanish fire during their ascent and engaging in hand-to-hand combat in the...
Jun 16, 2023 · The First US Volunteer Cavalry, nicknamed the Rough Riders, played a key role in one of the final battles of the Spanish-American War. As a great supporter of the war, Theodore Roosevelt felt inclined to create a volunteer cavalry.
Oct 16, 2016 · Teddy Roosevelt assembles a group of men in the First United States Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe Watch all clips of Explorer here: http://bit.ly ...
Jun 12, 2006 · Cowboys and polo players, teamsters and yachtsmen, lawyers and day laborers, lawmen and outlaws, miners and football players, Indians and Indian fighters formed a strange amalgam that forecast, in Roosevelt’s eyes, the new American century while harkening back to the old frontier.
