2-547-066 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Rough Riders stampeding a Spanish outpost, Cuba, Spanish-American War, 1898. The 'Rough Riders' was the name given to the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, a regiment raised specifically to fight in the Spanish-American War. The unit distiguished itself in the fighting on Cuba, notably at the Battle of San Juan Hill where it was commanded by future US President Theodore Roosevelt. A print from Our Country in War and Relations with All Nations, by Murat Halstead, The United Subscription Book Publishers of America, 1898.