San Juan Hill order of battle
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
Other
- w = wounded
- k = killed
- m = missing
U.S.
V Corps
MG William R. Shafter
Headquarters
- 1st Squadron, 2nd U.S. Cavalry
- Companies C & E, U.S. Engineers
- Signal Corps Detachment
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
1st Division
BG Jacob Ford Kent
K-89, W-489, M-0 = 578
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1st Brigade
BG Hamilton S. Hawkins, w
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- 6th U.S. Infantry
- 16th U.S. Infantry
- 71st New York Volunteer Infantry
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2nd Brigade
Col E. P. Pearson
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- 2nd U.S. Infantry
- 10th U.S. Infantry
- 21st U.S. Infantry
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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
- 13th U.S. Infantry - Ltc William S. Worth
- 24th U.S. Infantry - Ltc Emerson H. Liscum
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Cavalry Division
BG Samuel S. Sumner[2]
MG Joseph Wheeler
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1st Brigade
Col Henry K. Carroll
BG Samuel S. Sumner
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- 3rd U.S. Volunteer Cavalry - Col Melvin Grigsby
- 6th U.S. Cavalry - Col Henry K. Carroll
- 9th U.S. Cavalry
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2nd Brigade
BG Leonard Wood[3]
|
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Artillery
|
Artillery Battalion
Maj Dillenbach
|
- Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery
- Battery K, 1st U.S. Artillery
- Battery A, 2nd U.S. Artillery
- Battery F, 2nd U.S. Artillery
|
Siege Train[4] |
- Battery G, 4th U.S. Artillery
- Battery H, 4th U.S. Artillery
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Attached Units[5]
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Sibony Beachhead Garrison
BG Henry M. Duffield
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- 9th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
- 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
- 33rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry
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Spanish
IV Corps
Gen Arsenio Linares[6] w
Gen Jose Toral
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
Santiago Division
Gen Jose Toral
|
1st Brigade |
- 1st Provisional Battalion of Puerto Rico
- 4th Battalion Talavera Peninsular Regiment
- 1st Battalion San Fernando Regiment
- 1st Battalion Asia Regiment
- 1st Battalion Constitution Regiment
- 1st Battalion Cuba Regiment
- 2nd Battalion Cuba Regiment
- 1st Battalion Simancas Regiment
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Manzanillo Division
|
Escario's Brigade |
- 3rd Alcantara Peninsular Battalion
- 19th Puerto Rican Rifle Battalion
- 1st Battalion Andalucia Regiment
- 1st Battalion Isabella la Catolica Regiment
- 2nd Battalion Isabella la Catolica Regiment
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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 Sappers
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See also
References
- ^ Wheeler was the senior most front line commander during the battle.
- ^ Samuel S. Sumner was in 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
- ^ Nofi, Albert The Spanish-American War, 1898, 1997 p.149
- ^ Spanish-American War
- ^ Konstam, Angus San Juan Hill 1898: America's Emergence as a World Power: 1998, p.92
- ^ Nofi, Albert The Spanish-American War, 1898, 1997 p.333