![]() Roosevelt and the commander of the unit Colonel Leonard Wood trained and supplied the men so well at their camp in San Antonio, Texas, that the Rough Riders was allowed into the action, unlike many other volunteer companies. However, once Roosevelt joined the group, it quickly became the place for a mix of troops ranging from Ivy League athletes to glee-club singers to Texas Rangers and Indians. The original plan for this unit called for filling it with men from the Indian Territory, New Mexico, Arizona, and Oklahoma. Roosevelt resigned his position as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in May 1898 to join the volunteer cavalry. Volunteer Cavalry under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt. ![]() The most famous of all the units fighting in Cuba, the "Rough Riders" was the name given to the First U.S. Download an uncompressed TIFF (.tif) version of this image. ![]()
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