Battle of 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

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-command^[1]

Headquarters

1st Squadron, 2nd U.S. Cavalry - Cpt. Thomas J. Lewis
Companies C & E, U.S. Engineers
Signal Corps Detachment

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
1st Division BG Jacob Ford Kent K-89, W-495, M-58 = 642^[2]	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, Maj Alfred C. Markley
Cavalry Division (dismounted) BG Samuel S. Sumner^[3] MG Joseph Wheeler K-46, W-329, M-0 = 375^[4]	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 Wood^[5]	1st U.S. Cavalry – Col Charles D. Viele 10th U.S. Cavalry – Ltc Theodore A. Baldwin 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry – Col Theodore Roosevelt
Artillery	Light Artillery Battalion Maj John W. Dillenback	Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery - Cpt Allyn Capron 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
Artillery	Siege Artillery Battalion^[6] Cpt William Ennis	Battery G, 4th U.S. Artillery - Cpt William Ennis Battery H, 4th U.S. Artillery - Cpt John E. McMahon^[7]
Attached Units^[8]	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

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
Manzanillo Division	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

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

[1] Wheeler was the senior most front line commander during the battle Santiago Campaign, 1898 by Joseph Wheeler

[2] Kent's Official Report for July 1 Wheeler, Joseph The Santiago Campaign, 1898 p.67

[3] 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

[4] Wheeler, Joseph The Santiago Campaign, 1898 p.55

[5] Nofi, Albert The Spanish–American War, 1898, 1997 p.149

[6] Spanish–American War

[7] 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.

[8] Konstam, Angus San Juan Hill 1898: America's Emergence as a World Power: 1998, p.92

[9] Nofi, Albert The Spanish–American War, 1898, 1997 p.333

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Abbreviations used

Military Rank

Other

U.S.

V Corps

Spanish

IV Corps

See also

References