Rough Riders (cavalry)

James Krowl was my great grandfather. Family lore has it that he lied about his age and went south with the NY regiment that met up with Roosevelt in Florida. He became Roosevelt's water boy. He is listed as having served in the Spanish American War on his death certificate even though his official record says that he enlisted several years after the war ended when he became of age. Many years later he is listed as being accepted into the Captain Malcolm Rafferty VFW (who was one of the officers from the New York regiment in Cuba)

yep! horses

One Officer and 19 enlisted for a total of 20.

Leonard Wood

Theodore Roosevelt

Joseph Wheeler

William Rufus Shafter

they were very successful

Kettle Hill in the battle of San Juan Heights. The hill is usually referred to a San Juan Hill.

He died after returning from Cuba, 25 August 1898, from some sort of sudden heart attack. It is possible he died from the after effects of typhoid fever or malaria, as he was in a sickly condition on his return from Cuba.

His obit is available from the New York Times.