Battle of San Juan Hill by Molly Boyer https://padlet.com/125458/c0xz4hczj0cb Molly Boyer en-us 2018-03-13 15:16:37 UTC 2024-10-02 01:40:38 UTC hello@padlet.com William Shafter 125458 https://padlet.com/125458/c0xz4hczj0cb/wish/241453884
  • 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
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    Charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill, by Themadchopper, public domain
    ]]>     2018-03-16 16:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/125458/c0xz4hczj0cb/wish/242909345     Americans at San Juan Hill 125458 https://padlet.com/125458/c0xz4hczj0cb/wish/242910731 TR San Juan Hill 1898, by Magnus Manske, public domain]]> 2018-03-16 16:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/125458/c0xz4hczj0cb/wish/242910731 Works Cited 125458 https://padlet.com/125458/c0xz4hczj0cb/wish/243611709 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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