battle of san juan hill

The Battle of San Juan Hill was the bloodiest and most famous battle of the Spanish-American War. At San Juan Hill, 750 Spanish soldiers were ordered to hold the heights against an American offensive on June 1, 1898. For reasons still not quite clear, Spanish General Arsenio Linares failed to reinforce this position, choosing to hold nearly 10,000 Spanish reserves in the city of Santiago. Despite this, the struggle lasted for more than twelve hours, and cost at least two hundred American and an equal number of Spanish lives. During the engagement, Theodore Roosevelt became famous for his bold "charge up San Juan Hill" (the actual name of the hill was Kettle Hill but various reports incorrectly gave the name as "San Juan").

Order of Battle

U.S.

V Corps - William Rufus Shafter

1st Division - Jacob Ford Kent

1st Brigade - Hamilton S. Hawkins, wounded
2nd Brigade - E. P. Pearson
3rd Brigade - Charles A. Wikoff, killed

Cavalry Division - Joseph Wheeler

1st Brigade - Samuel S. Sumner
2nd Brigade - Leonard Wood

Notes: Because General Wheeler was sick, General Sumner was in command of the Division when the battle began but Wheeler quickly returned to command.

Spanish

IV Corps - Arsenio Linares

1st Provisional Battalion
4th Battalion Talavera Peninsular Regiment
1st Battalion San Fernando Regiment
1st Battalion Asia Regiment
1st Battalion Constitutional Regiment
1st Battalion Cuba Regiment
2nd Battalion Cuba Regiment
1st Battalion Simancas Regiment
1st and 2nd Guerrila Companies
1st Cavalry Regiment

References

Nofi, Albert A., The Spanish American War, 1898, 1997.
Carrasco García, Antonio, En Guerra con Los Estados Unidos: Cuba, 1898, Madrid: 1998.

External link

Spanish-American War Centennial Website

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