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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.
Abbreviations used
Military Rank
United States V Corps at the Battle of San Juan Hill
Other
w = wounded
k = killed
m = missing
U.S.
V Corps
MG
William R. Shafter
Headquarters
Spanish
IV Corps
Gen
Arsenio Linares
[9] (w )
Gen
José Toral y Velázquez
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Santiago Division
Gen José José Toral y Velázquez
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
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
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
See also
References
^ Wheeler was the senior most front line commander during the battle
Santiago Campaign, 1898 by Joseph Wheeler
^ Kent's Official Report for July 1
Wheeler, Joseph The Santiago Campaign, 1898 p.67
^ Samuel 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
^ Wheeler, Joseph The Santiago Campaign, 1898 p.55
^
Nofi, Albert The Spanish–American War, 1898 , 1997 p.149
^
Spanish–American War
^
Cullum, George Washington ;
Robinson, Wirt (1901).
Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y.: From Its Establishment, in 1802, to 1890; with the Early History of the United States Military Academy . Vol. 4. Cambridge, MA:
The Riverside Press . p. 417.
ISBN
9780608429137 . Retrieved June 21, 2023 .
^ 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
Territories
South America
New Granada (
Colombia ,
Ecuador ,
Panama ,
Venezuela, part of Guyana , a northernmost portion of Brazilian Amazon)
Peru (Peru,
Acre ,
Chile )
Río de la Plata (
Argentina ,
Paraguay ,
Charcas (Bolivia),
Banda Oriental (Uruguay),
Misiones Orientales ,
Malvinas )
Administrative subdivisions