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The Rough Riders is the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish-American War and the only one of the three to see action. It was headed by Theodore Roosevelt who resigned his position as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in May 1898 to join the volunteer cavalry.

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 the other volunteer companies. They went to Tampa at the end of May and sailed for Santiago de Cuba on June 13. There they joined the Fifth Corps, another highly trained, well supplied, and enthusiastic group consisting of excellent soldiers from the regular army and volunteers.

The Rough Riders saw battle at Las Guasimas when General Samuel B. M. Young was ordered to attack at this village, three miles north of Siboney on the way to Santiago. Although it was not important to the outcome of the war, news of the action quickly made the papers. They also made headlines for their role in the Battle of San Juan Hill, which became the stuff of legend thanks to Roosevelt's writing ability and reenactments filmed long after.

This collection of four books provides an excellent period look at the Rough Riders and their exploits.

Here is the list of books you will find on this CD:

1. The Rough riders, a history of the First United States volunteer cavalry (1904) - Roosevelt, Theodore - 360 pages
2. The fun and fighting of the Rough riders; (1899) - Hall, Tom - 268 pages
3. Two Rough riders; letters from F. Allen McCurdy and J. Kirk McCurdy ... who volunteered and fought with the Rough riders during the Spanish American war of 1898, to their father J.M. McCurdy .. (1902) - 86 pages
4. The story of the Rough Riders, 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry : the regiment in camp and on the battle field (1899) - Marshall, Edward - 326 pages

This CD runs on all Windows and Macintosh computers. You must have a web browser and Adobe Acrobat Reader - (available for free download if you do not have it installed on your computer.) The book index is organized in an HTML menu that is compatible with all browsers and the books themselves are in PDF format to allow them to be universally accessed. Many books on this CD are searchable and printable.