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What role did Teddy Roosevelt play in the Spanish-American War?
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∙ 13y ago
Theodore Roosevelt resigned his post as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and helped form the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry, known commonly as the "Rough Riders," in 1898 after the outset of the Spanish-American War. After forming the regiment and training the men, he got his unit into battle at the Battle of San Juan Hill, in which the Rough Riders charged Kettle Hill on the San Juan Heights near Santiago, Cuba on July 1, 1898. TR was the Lieutenant Colonel of the outfit, second in command to Colonel Leonard Wood.
Interestingly, the 1st Volunteer Cavalry had to leave its horses in Florida to make it to the war at all; the troop transports were completely full and did not have room for the entire unit even without the horses and cavalry accoutrements.
For leading the charge on Kettle Hill, Theodore Roosevelt got plenty of good press back home, which helped him in his subsequent bid for Governor of New York, then shortly thereafter, for Vice President of the United States. Roosevelt was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoHe served as the Executive Officer of the 1st US Volunteer Cavaly under Colonel Leonard Wood. Wood was promoted to Brigadier General commanding a Brigade and Roosevelt assumed command of the Regiment.
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∙ 13y agoHe led the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry called the Rough Riders.
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∙ 13y agoHe commanded the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill.
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∙ 12y agotheodore was a fat president who sleeps alot and eats but some how he magically lost five pounds in the spanish war.
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∙ 13y agoHe participated in military action.
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∙ 13y agoHe was a member of the Rough Riders.
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∙ 12y agohe lead the roughriders up san juan hill
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