Charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill

Charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill by en:Frederic Remington (d. en:1909). Online. Note: Remington's painting should actually be entitled "Charge of the Rough Riders on San Juan Heights. This portion of the attack is actually a depiction of the charge on Kettle Hill, a hill that was to the right of San Juan Hill. After seizing Kettle Hill, Roosevelt led his men down Kettle Hill, around a small pond that sat between both hills and then up onto San Juan Hill.

Theodore Roosevelt leads the charge on his horse, Little Texas. K Troop officer, Woodbury Kane is the brown uniformed officer in the foreground with pistol in right hand and saber in his left. To the upper right of Lt Kane is a hat-less African-American Buffalo Soldier from either the 9th or 10th Cavalry that got mixed in along with the Rough Riders as all of them raced to the top of Kettle Hill. (2013-07-05 02:05 by SimonATL.)