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The Rough Riders were a cavalry group who were part of the charge up San Juan Hill in Cuba. They are associated with Teddy Roosevelt. The name Rough Riders is currently used by a soccer team on Long Island, New York, based close to the Roosevelt home in Oyster Bay, New York.

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The "Rough Riders" was a group of cowboys and ranchers who Theodore Roosevelt recruited and supplied to fight in the Spanish American War (1898). Officially, they were the 1st Volunteer Cavalry, US Army. And of course, Roosevelt became Colonel Commanding.

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