page_title: Juan Alamia
section_title: Rough Rider
hierarchical_section_title: Juan Alamia / Rough Rider
caption_attribution_description: “Colonel Roosevelt and his Rough Riders at the top of the hill which they captured, Battle of San Juan”
context_page_description: Juan Alamia was an American soldier who served as a Rough Rider in the Spanish–American War.
context_section_description: On May 27, 1898 Juan Alamia mustered in under the name John B. Alamia in San Antonio, Texas to serve in First United States Volunteer Cavalry, also known as the Rough Riders. Alamia was a member of B Troop commanded by Captain James H. McClintock.
  The conflict between Spain and the United States centered on the question of Cuba, where for several years insurgents had been fighting a guerrilla war against their colonial rulers; on April 20, 1898, the U.S. Congress recognized Cuban independence and simultaneously authorized the use of American military force to ensure it; four days later, Spain declared war on the United States.
  Alamia's regiment trained at Camp Wood in San Antonio for a month before embarking for Cuba; the unit's first commander, Leonard Wood, was soon replaced by his second-in-command, Theodore Roosevelt; known affectionately as the Rough Riders, these troops won fame for their successful assaults on Kettle and San Juan hills, near the city of Santiago, on July 1, 1898.
caption: Roosevelt and the Rough Riders atop San Juan Heights, 1898
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