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AMERICAN BOYS' LIFE OF
| Spain, Roosevelt resigned his position in the Navy Department. | |
| May. Helped to organize the Rough Riders, and was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel, May 6. | |
| May 29. The Rough Riders left San Antonio, Texas, for Tampa, Florida. | |
| June 2. In camp at Tampa. | |
| June 7. Move by coal cars to Port Tampa; four companies left behind; board transport Yucatan. | |
| June 13. Start for Cuba, without horses. | |
| June 22. Landing of the Rough Riders at Daiquiri. | |
| June 23. March to Siboney. | |
| June 24. Advance to La Guasima (Las Guasimas). First fight with the Spanish troops. | |
| July 1. Battles of San Juan and El Caney. Roosevelt leads the Rough Riders up San Juan Hill. | |
| July 2. Fighting in the trenches by the Rough Riders, Roosevelt in command. | |
| July 3. Sinking of the Spanish fleet off Santiago Bay. | |
| July 8. Roosevelt made Colonel of the Rough Riders. | |
| August 7. Departure of the Rough Riders from Cuba. | |
| August 9. Spain accepts terms of peace offered by the United States. | |
| August 16. Arrival of the Rough Riders at Montauk, Long Island. |
