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

United States V Corps at the Battle of San Juan Hill

MG William R. Shafter

• MG Joseph Wheeler, second-in-command^[1]

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      BG Jacob Ford Kent      K-89, W-495, M-58 = 642[2]	1st Brigade    BG Hamilton S. Hawkins, (w., July 2)	6th U.S. Infantry: Ltc Harry C. Egbert 16th U.S. Infantry: Col Hugh A. Theaker 71st New York Volunteer Infantry: Col Wallace A. Downs
	2nd Brigade    Col Edward P. Pearson	2nd U.S. Infantry: Ltc William M. Wherry 10th U.S. Infantry: Ltc Edgar R. Kellogg 21st U.S. Infantry: Ltc Chambers McKibbin
	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, Maj. William H. Boyle 13th U.S. Infantry - Ltc William S. Worth, Maj. P.A. Ellis (w.), Cpt. William Auman 24th U.S. Infantry - Ltc Emerson H. Liscum, Maj. Alfred C. Markley
Cavalry Division (dismounted)      BG Samuel S. Sumner[3]      MG Joseph Wheeler      K-46, W-329, M-0 = 375[4]	1st Brigade    Col Henry K. Carroll (w.)    BG Samuel S. Sumner	3rd U.S. Volunteer Cavalry - Col Melvin Grigsby, Maj. Henry W. Wessells (w.) 6th U.S. Cavalry – Col. Henry K. Carroll, Maj. Thomas C. Lebo 9th U.S. Cavalry – Ltc. John M. Hamilton (k.), Cpt. Eugene D. Dimmick
	2nd Brigade    BG Leonard Wood[5]	1st U.S. Cavalry – Col. Charles D. Veile 10th U.S. Cavalry – Ltc. Theodore A. Baldwin 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry – Col. Theodore Roosevelt
Artillery	Artillery Battalion    Maj John W. Dillenbach	Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery Battery K, 1st U.S. Artillery - Cpt. C.L. Best Battery A, 2nd U.S. Artillery - Cpt. G.S. Grimes Battery F, 2nd U.S. Artillery - Cpt. Charles D. Parkhurst
	Siege Train[6]	Battery G, 4th U.S. Artillery Battery H, 4th U.S. Artillery
Attached Units[7]	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^[8] (w.)
Gen José Toral y Vázquez

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Santiago Division      Gen José Toral y Vázquez	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
	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

See also

• El Caney order of battle

References

1. Wheeler was the senior most front line commander during the battle Santiago Campaign, 1898 by Joseph Wheeler
2. Kent's Official Report for July 1 Wheeler, Joseph The Santiago Campaign, 1898 p.67
3. 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
4. Wheeler, Joseph The Santiago Campaign, 1898 p.55
5. Nofi, Albert The Spanish–American War, 1898, 1997 p.149
6. Spanish–American War
7. Konstam, Angus San Juan Hill 1898: America's Emergence as a World Power: 1998, p.92
8. Nofi, Albert The Spanish–American War, 1898, 1997 p.333