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Works Cited

Bluhm, Raymond K. “Battle of San Juan Hill.” Britannica.com, Encyclopædia Britannica, 19 Apr. 2017, www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-San-Juan-Hill.

History.com staff. “July 01, 1898 : The Battle of San Juan Hill.” History.com, A+E Networks, 2010, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-san-juan-hill.

“The Rough Riders Storm San Juan Hill, 1898.” Eyewitnesstohistory.com, Ibis Communications, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/roughriders.htm. Accessed 15 Mar. 2018.

“William Shafter  1835-1906.” Loc.gov, www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/shafter.html. Accessed 14 Mar. 2018.

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TR San Juan Hill 1898, by Magnus Manske, public domain

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Charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill, by Themadchopper, public domain

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Calvary men from Kettle Hill came while the Americans were charging into the trenches of the Spanish  and took a section of San Juan Hill (Bluhm).

At 2:00 in the afternoon the last parts of the Spanish were eliminated (Bluhm).

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Two Americans had Gatling Guns and started rapidly firing (Bluhm).

This allowed the US infantry two charge into the Spanish trenches (Bluhm).

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The Americans stood together at the bottom of the hill with their weapons and Roosevelt ordered them to charge up the hill (“The Rough”).

They charged up the hill and the Spanish appeared for a moment and shot at them and tried to make a run for it (“The Rough”).

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The 10th Calvary came to help the rough riders and did not get nearly as much credit as the rough riders did (“The Rough”).

The leader of the 10th Calvary was Captain “Black Jack” who eventually commanded the US troops in World War I (“The Rough”).

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Rough riders and volunteers with Roosevelt

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Rough riders and volunteers with Roosevelt

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The rough riders recruited  cowboys and college men (“The Rough”).

Roosevelt gave up his job to help/lead them in the battles (“The Rough”).

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Shafter was born in 1835 and died in 1906 ("William Shafter").

In 1898 he became the general of volunteers and gained command  of the Fifth Corps ("William Shafter").

On July 1st, Shafter ordered the attack on San Juan Hill (History.com staff).

He wanted to capture the village of El Caney before advancing onto San Juan Hill (History.com staff).

They were getting defeated there because the Spanish had 10 times more than we had (History.com staff).

Shafter got sick with gout from fighting on the hill and in the city (“William Shafter”).

Since he was sick with gout and could not command, he waited until Santiago surrendered (“William Shafter”).

Some of his underlings told the press that he was not able to lead the troops in the Battle of Santiago (“William Shafter”).

On October 3rd Shafter proclaimed his disbanding (“William Shafter”).

Shafter wanted to attack the day after the battles and take the whole city but he could not because he was sick (“William Shafter”).

William Rufus Shafte.jpg, by Econrad~commonswiki, public domain