ROUGH RIDERS


Meaning of ROUGH RIDERS in English

n [ pl ]

the popular name for the First Regiment of US Cavalry Volunteers in the Spanish-American War . They included many cowboys and were led by Colonel Leonard Wood and Lieutenant Colonel (later President) Theodore Roosevelt . They became famous for their part in the victory at San Juan Hill in Cuba (1898), led by Roosevelt on his horse Little Texas.

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