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
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	1st Brigade BG Hamilton S. Hawkins, w	6th U.S. Infantry 16th U.S. Infantry 71st New York Volunteer Infantry
	2nd Brigade Col E. P. Pearson	2nd U.S. Infantry 10th U.S. Infantry 21st U.S. Infantry
	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
Cavalry Division BG Samuel S. Sumner^[2] MG Joseph Wheeler	1st Brigade Col Henry K. Carroll BG Samuel S. Sumner	3rd U.S. Volunteer Cavalry - Col Melvin Grigsby 6th U.S. Cavalry - Col Henry K. Carroll 9th U.S. Cavalry
Cavalry Division BG Samuel S. Sumner^[2] MG Joseph Wheeler	2nd Brigade BG Leonard Wood^[3]	1st U.S. Cavalry - Col Charles D. Veile 10th U.S. Cavalry - Ltc T. A. Baldwin 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry - Col Theodore Roosevelt
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
Artillery	Siege Train^[4]	Battery G, 4th U.S. Artillery Battery H, 4th U.S. Artillery
Attached Units^[5]	Sibony Beachhead Garrison BG Henry M. Duffield	9th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry 33rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry

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
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.
↑ 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

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[1] Wheeler was the senior most front line commander during the battle.

[2] 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

[3] Nofi, Albert The Spanish-American War, 1898, 1997 p.149

[4] Spanish-American War

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

[6] Nofi, Albert The Spanish-American War, 1898, 1997 p.333

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