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 Joseph Wheeler, second-in-command
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
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade | ||
| 3rd Brigade
|
| |
|
Cavalry Division (dismounted)
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
||
|
Artillery |
Light Artillery Battalion
|
|
| Siege Artillery Battalion
Cpt William Ennis |
| |
|
Attached Units |
Sibony Beachhead Garrison |
|
Spanish
IV Corps
Gen Arsenio Linares (w)
Gen José Toral y Velázquez
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
Santiago Division
|
1st Brigade |
|
|
Manzanillo Division |
Escario's Brigade |
|
| Attached Units |
|
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
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