The Rough Riders

Theodore Roosevelt

An immediate bestseller upon its release in 1899, The Rough Riders is Roosevelt’s personal writings on his adventures in the Spanish-American War. A truly American crew of cowboys, scholars, land speculators, Native Americans and African Americans, the Rough Riders’ triumphs and defeats are chronicled with riveting and engrossing detail.

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Contents

Illustrations  Epigram by Bret Harte

ON BEHALF OF THE ROUGH RIDERS I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE FIVE REGULAR REGIMENTS WHICH TOGETHER WITH MINE MADE UP THE CAVALRY DIVISION AT SANTIAGO

NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS, 1899 NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 1999

I.	RAISING THE REGIMENT
II.	TO CUBA
III.	GENERAL YOUNG’S FIGHT AT LAS GUASIMAS
IV.	THE CAVALRY AT SANTIAGO
V.	IN THE TRENCHES
VI.	THE RETURN HOME
APPENDICES:
A.	Muster-Out Roll
B.	Colonel Roosevelt’s Report to the Secretary of War of September 10th
C.	The “Round Robin” Letter
D.	Corrections