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.
Abbreviations used
Military Rank Gen = General MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain Lt = 1st Lieutenant
Other w = wounded k = killed m = missing
U.S.
V Corps MG William R. Shafter MG Joseph Wheeler, second-in-commandWheeler was the senior most front line commander during the battle Santiago Campaign, 1898 by Joseph Wheeler
Headquarters 1st Squadron, 2nd U.S. Cavalry - Cpt. Thomas J. Lewis Companies C & E, U.S. Engineers Signal Corps Detachment
Division Brigade Regiments and Others1st Division
BG Jacob Ford Kent K-89, W-495, M-58 = 642Kent's Official Report for July 1 Wheeler, Joseph The Santiago Campaign, 1898 p.67 1st Brigade
BG Hamilton S. Hawkins, (w, July 2) 6th U.S. Infantry: Ltc Harry C. Egbert 16th U.S. Infantry: Col Hugh A. Theaker 71st New York Volunteer Infantry: Col Wallace A. Downs 2nd Brigade
Col Edward P. Pearson 2nd U.S. Infantry: Ltc William M. Wherry 10th U.S. Infantry: Ltc Edgar R. Kellogg 21st U.S. Infantry: Ltc Chambers McKibbin 3rd Brigade
Col Charles A. Wikoff (k) Ltc William S. Worth (w) Ltc Emerson H. Liscum (w) Ltc Ezra P. Ewers 9th U.S. Infantry - Ltc Ezra P. Ewers, Maj William H. Boyle 13th U.S. Infantry - Ltc William S. Worth, Maj William Auman, Maj Philip H. Ellis (w) 24th U.S. Infantry - Ltc Emerson H. Liscum, Cpt Henry WygantCavalry Division (dismounted)
BG Samuel S. SumnerSamuel S. Sumner was in temporary command of the division when the battle began as General Wheeler was ill. Wheeler returned to the front once the battle was underway. Longacre, Edward G. A Soldier to the Last: Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler in Blue and Gray: 2006 p.227 MG Joseph Wheeler K-46, W-329, M-0 = 375Wheeler, Joseph The Santiago Campaign, 1898 p.55 1st Brigade
Ltc Henry Carroll (w) BG Samuel S. Sumner 3rd U.S. Cavalry - Colonel Samuel Baldwin Marks Young, Maj Henry W. Wessells Jr. (w) 6th U.S. Cavalry – Ltc Henry Carroll (w), Maj Thomas C. Lebo 9th U.S. Cavalry – Ltc John M. Hamilton (k), Cpt Eugene D. Dimmick 2nd Brigade
BG Leonard WoodNofi, Albert The Spanish–American War, 1898, 1997 p.149 1st U.S. Cavalry – Col Charles D. Viele 10th U.S. Cavalry – Ltc Theodore A. Baldwin 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry – Col Theodore RooseveltArtillery Light Artillery Battalion
Maj John W. Dillenback Battery K, 1st U.S. Artillery - Cpt Clermont L. Best Jr. Battery A, 2nd U.S. Artillery - Cpt George S. Grimes Battery F, 2nd U.S. Artillery - Cpt Charles D. Parkhurst Siege Artillery BattalionSpanish–American War
Cpt William Ennis Battery G, 4th U.S. Artillery - Cpt William Ennis Battery H, 4th U.S. Artillery - Cpt John E. McMahonAttached UnitsKonstam, Angus San Juan Hill 1898: America's Emergence as a World Power: 1998, p.92 Sibony Beachhead Garrison
BG Henry M. Duffield 9th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry - Col Fred B. Bogan 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry - Col Curtis V. Hard 33rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry - Col Charles L. Boynton 34th Michigan Volunteer Infantry - Col John P. Peterman Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery - Cpt Allyn Capron
Spanish Source:https://www.agmohio.com/LR_Cuba_TO_Reg_1898.htm IV Corps Gen Arsenio LinaresNofi, Albert The Spanish–American War, 1898, 1997 p.333 (w) Gen José Toral y Velázquez
Division Brigade Regiments and Others1st Division Manzanillo Escario's Brigade 3rd Peninsular Battalion “Alcántara ” 19th Light Infantry Battalion “Puerto Rico” 1st Battalion, 52nd “Andalucía” Regiment 1st Battalion, 75th “Isabel la Católica” Regiment 2nd Battalion, 75th “Isabel la Católica” Regiment Attached Units 1st Tercio of Guerrillas 2nd Tercio of Guerrillas 1st Cavalry Regiment 6th Battery, 4th Mounted Artillery 1st Battery, 5th Foot Artillery Engineers and Sappers2nd Division Santiago
Gen José Toral y Velázquez 1st Brigade 1st Provisional Battalion of Puerto Rico 4th Peninsular Battalion “Talavera” 1st Battalion, 11th “San Fernando” Regiment 1st Battalion, 29th “Constitución” Regiment 1st Battalion, 55th “Asia” Regiment 1st Battalion, 64th “Simancas” Regiment 1st Battalion, 65th “Cuba” Regiment 2nd Battalion, 65th “Cuba” Regiment
See also El Caney order of battle
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