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    The Battle of San Juan Hill (Spanish: Batalla de las Colinas de San Juan), also known as the Battle for the San Juan Heights, was a major battle of the...
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    de San Juan before the Spanish–American War of 1898, and are now part of Lomas de San Juan. This area was the site of the Battle of San Juan Hill during...
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  • The following units and commanders of the U.S. and Spanish armies fought at the Battle of San Juan Hill during the Spanish–American War on July 1, 1898...
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    Rough Riders (category Cavalry regiments of the United States Army)
    Battle of San Juan Hill, though it is seldom mentioned how heavily they outnumbered Spanish soldiers who opposed them. Several days after the Battle of...
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    Charles A. Wikoff (category People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War)
    command of Major General William Rufus Shafter's V Corps. On July 1, 1898, he was shot during a charge across an open field in the Battle of San Juan Hill in...
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  • Battle of San Juan may refer to: Battle of San Juan (1595), an English attack on San Juan, Puerto Rico Battle of San Juan (1598), an English attack on...
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    Arsenio Linares y Pombo (category Spanish military personnel of the Third Carlist War (Governmental faction))
    restore the monarchy. He organized the defense of Santiago de Cuba during the Battle of San Juan Hill. Linares failed to reinforce this position, choosing...
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  • as Lincoln Square, Manhattan San Juan Hill, a landform in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba The Battle of San Juan Hill, a battle of the Spanish–American War This...
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    Jules Garesche Ord (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Army Center of Military History)
    was killed in action after leading the charge of Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th U.S. Cavalry up San Juan Hill. History now records that Ord was responsible...
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    Richard B. Paddock (category United States Army personnel of the Indian Wars)
    Apache Wars, as well as the Pine Ridge Campaign (1890–91), the Battle of San Juan Hill (1898) in Cuba during the Spanish–American War, and finally the...
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    Battle of San Juan Hill or the Battle for the Río San Juan de Nicaragua) refers to an American naval attack on the fortifications of San Juan, Puerto Rico...
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    Santiago along San Juan Heights. In the charge at the Battle of San Juan Hill U.S. forces captured the Spanish position. At the Battle of El Caney the same...
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  • Rough Riders (miniseries) (category Films shot in San Antonio)
    series prominently shows the bravery of the volunteers at the Battle of San Juan Hill, part of the Spanish–American War of 1898. It was released on DVD in...
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    three-level edifice stands on a hill at the northern coastline of San Juan Islet, guarding the land entry to Old San Juan. San Cristóbal, alongside El Morro...
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    William Auman (category People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War)
    of during the American Civil War and Spanish–American War. He was known for commanding the 13th Infantry Regiment during the Battle of San Juan Hill and...
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    Jacob Ford Kent (category American military personnel of the Spanish–American War)
    the Battle of San Juan Hill his division led the main attack on San Juan Hill while the Rough Riders led the attack on nearby Kettle Hill. Kent's division...
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  • captured San Juan Heights, which overlooked Santiago de Cuba, after two battles at San Juan Hill and Kettle Hill, which was preceded by a smaller battle on...
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    Frank Knox (category American military personnel of the Spanish–American War)
    of Troop D commanded by Captain Robert Huston. As a member of D Troop, Knox fought in Cuba at the Battle of Las Guasimas, and the Battle of San Juan Hill...
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  • George G. McMurtry (category World War I recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    in the Battle of Las Guasimas on Friday 24 June 1898 and in the Battle of San Juan Hill on 1 July 1898. When the Rough Riders were disbanded, McMurtry...
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  • Spanish–American War against the United States in the Battle of San Juan Hill; in Cuba as members of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Puerto Rican Provisional Battalions;...
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    Leonard Wood (category American Indian Wars recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    regiment. Wood was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during the war and fought in the Battle of San Juan Hill and other engagements. After the war...
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    Old San Juan (Spanish: Viejo San Juan) is a historic district located at the "northwest triangle" of the islet of San Juan in San Juan. Its area roughly...
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    positions such as El Caney and San Juan Hill. Madrid sued for peace after two Spanish squadrons were sunk in the battles of Santiago de Cuba and Manila Bay...
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    of Independence; and Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill in the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, the turning point of the American Civil War. The Battle of San Juan...
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    John T. Thompson (category American military personnel of the Spanish–American War)
    later played a significant role in the Battle of San Juan Hill. After the war, Thompson was appointed the chief of the Small Arms Division for the Ordnance...
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    Henry Carroll (general) (category People of New York (state) in the American Civil War)
    Brigade of the Cavalry Division during the Battle of San Juan Hill but was wounded during the battle and had to be succeeded by Brigadier General Samuel S...
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    José Toral y Velázquez (category Spanish military personnel of the Spanish–American War)
    wounded in the Battle of San Juan Hill. Toral was named temporary commander of IV Corps. Toral inherited a poorly executed defense: Of the more than 6...
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    John Morrison Hamilton (category People of New York (state) in the American Civil War)
    Spanish–American War with the latter leading to his death during the Battle of San Juan Hill. Despite being born in Upper Canada on 1 June, 1839, he moved to...
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    John Campbell Greenway (category Recipients of the Legion of Honour)
    service at the Battle of San Juan Hill. He is referenced on numerous occasions by Roosevelt in his book The Rough Riders and a book of Greenway's own...
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    10th Cavalry Regiment (United States) (category Cavalry regiments of the United States Army)
    Battle of San Juan Hill in the late afternoon. The battle of the San Juan Heights involved the 10th Cavalry Regiment who took part in the taking of the...
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