 Image by Photographer: William Dinwiddie, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
The Rough RidersRough Riders Rough Riders US Army cavalry regiment (1898) This article is about the US cavalry regiment. For other uses, see Rough Riders (disambiguation). The Rough Riders was a nickname given to the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish–American War and the only one to see combat. The United States Army was small, understaffed, and disorganized in comparison to its status during the American Civil War roughly thirty years prior. Following the sinking of USS Maine, President William McKinley needed to muster a strong ground force swiftly, which he did by calling for 125,000 volunteers to assist in the war. The U.S. had gone to war in opposition to Spanish… (Source: Wikipedia)
|
