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His diary lists officers of the regular cavalry. Bob Ferguson writes Edith that he now believes nothing can kill her husband.","significance":3,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","war","military"],"people":["bob-ferguson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson","alexander-lambert","mrs-alexander-lambert"]},{"date":"1898-07-03","age":39,"headline":"Truce, and the Spanish fleet is gone","summary":"A truce takes hold at noon. Off Santiago, the Navy under Sampson and Schley destroys the Spanish squadron as it runs for the open sea. Roosevelt's men dig in through daily rain, and he writes Edith and urges Lodge to get more troops and supplies sent.","significance":3,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","war","navy","military"],"people":["william-t-sampson","winfield-scott-schley","edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge"]},{"date":"1898-07-04","age":39,"headline":"A grim Fourth in the trenches","summary":"The truce holds, but men in the trenches suffer from wounds, dysentery, malaria and hunger. Army bands play for them, and the Rough Riders ask for 'Fair Harvard.' Across the Pacific, the U.S. takes Wake Island. Roosevelt sends Wood a report on what has happened since the July 1 battle.","significance":2,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","war","military"],"people":["leonard-wood"]},{"date":"1898-07-05","age":39,"headline":"Calling Shafter incompetent","summary":"Outside Santiago, Roosevelt writes Lodge that General Shafter is criminally incompetent and describes the hardship and disorder of the siege. Bob Ferguson tells Edith her husband is reveling in the fight.","significance":2,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","war","military"],"people":["henry-cabot-lodge","william-r-shafter","bob-ferguson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","miss-julia"]},{"date":"1898-07-06","age":39,"headline":"A letter to McKinley","summary":"The siege of Santiago continues. In Washington, Congress votes to annex Hawaii. Roosevelt writes to President McKinley.","significance":1,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","war","politics"],"people":["william-mckinley"]},{"date":"1898-07-07","age":39,"headline":"Hoping for the Medal of Honor","summary":"Still in the lines outside Santiago, Roosevelt tells Lodge he believes he has earned both a higher rank and the Medal of Honor, should General Wheeler recommend him.","significance":2,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","war","military"],"people":["henry-cabot-lodge","joseph-wheeler"]},{"date":"1898-07-08","age":39,"headline":"Siege lines at Santiago","summary":"Another day in the trenches outside Santiago; nothing else is recorded.","significance":1,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","war"],"people":[]},{"date":"1898-07-09","age":39,"headline":"Siege lines at Santiago","summary":"Roosevelt and the regiment remain in the lines outside Santiago; the day passes without other notes.","significance":1,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","war"],"people":[]},{"date":"1898-07-10","age":39,"headline":"Bombardment resumes","summary":"The guns open again outside Santiago, as the dynamite gun and the Colt guns fire on the Spanish lines. Roosevelt tells Lodge that Shafter ought to be removed from command.","significance":1,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","war","military"],"people":["henry-cabot-lodge","william-r-shafter"]},{"date":"1898-07-11","age":39,"headline":"Promoted to full colonel","summary":"Roosevelt is formally commissioned colonel. The regiment shifts a mile to the right taking its Gatling gun along to cover the road to El Caney, and the hardest rain yet falls that night. Stephen Crane later praised how hard he worked for his men during the siege.","significance":2,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","war","military"],"people":["stephen-crane"]},{"date":"1898-07-12","age":39,"headline":"Rain until noon","summary":"The siege goes on outside Santiago, with rain pouring down until midday.","significance":1,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","war"],"people":[]},{"date":"1898-07-13","age":39,"headline":"Surrender talks begin","summary":"Outside Santiago, American and Spanish officers meet to discuss the city's surrender.","significance":2,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","war","diplomacy"],"people":[]},{"date":"1898-07-14","age":39,"headline":"A letter from Edith","summary":"The regiment holds its lines outside Santiago, and a letter arrives from Edith.","significance":1,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","family"],"people":["edith-kermit-roosevelt"]},{"date":"1898-07-15","age":39,"headline":"A face-saving deal; Uncle James dies","summary":"Negotiators agree the Santiago garrison will give up within two days, after a token bombardment aimed harmlessly over the houses to preserve Spanish honor. Roosevelt writes Ethel about the endless rain. At home, his uncle James Alfred Roosevelt dies that evening on the Long Island Rail Road near New Hyde Park.","significance":2,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","war","family","death"],"people":["ethel-roosevelt-derby","james-alfred-roosevelt"]},{"date":"1898-07-16","age":39,"headline":"Waiting outside Santiago","summary":"Roosevelt and the regiment spend the day in the lines outside Santiago, with the surrender close at hand; nothing more is noted.","significance":1,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","war"],"people":[]},{"date":"1898-07-17","age":39,"headline":"Santiago surrenders","summary":"At noon the American flag rises over Santiago as 17,000 Spanish troops give up the city.","significance":4,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","war","military"],"people":[]},{"date":"1898-07-18","age":39,"headline":"Half the regiment out of action","summary":"Roosevelt shifts his camp across the ridge to the foothills west of El Caney as yellow fever cases mount. He notes that half his men are dead, wounded or sick.","significance":2,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","war","health"],"people":[]},{"date":"1898-07-19","age":39,"headline":"Letters on triumph and breakdown","summary":"Roosevelt writes a burst of letters: to Edith on victory and the collapse of transport, food and hospital services; to Douglas Robinson thanking him for supplies; to Lodge describing San Juan; to General Bradley T. Johnson on his pride in the men; and to Bamie with news.","significance":1,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","war","family"],"people":["edith-kermit-roosevelt","douglas-robinson","henry-cabot-lodge","bradley-t-johnson","anna-roosevelt-cowles"]},{"date":"1898-07-20","age":39,"headline":"Command of the brigade","summary":"With more officers falling sick, Roosevelt takes command of the 2nd Brigade. He reports on bad conditions near Santiago to General Wood and writes Ethel about Cuba's lizards and birds.","significance":2,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","military","natural-history","family"],"people":["leonard-wood","ethel-roosevelt-derby"]},{"date":"1898-07-21","age":39,"headline":"In camp in Cuba","summary":"The regiment remains in camp near Santiago; no events are recorded.","significance":1,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders"],"people":[]},{"date":"1898-07-22","age":39,"headline":"Feeding the men from his own pocket","summary":"Roosevelt tells Douglas Robinson he is paying for the Rough Riders' food himself and that half the regiment is out of action. He writes Lodge about bad organization and fears of yellow fever, though none of his men actually has the disease.","significance":2,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","health","military"],"people":["douglas-robinson","henry-cabot-lodge"]},{"date":"1898-07-23","age":39,"headline":"Fresh meat at last","summary":"Fresh meat finally reaches the sick-ridden camp. Roosevelt writes Secretary of War Russell Alger asking that his men be sent on to fight in Puerto Rico.","significance":1,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","military","war"],"people":["russell-a-alger"]},{"date":"1898-07-24","age":39,"headline":"A Sunday service in camp","summary":"A service is held in camp, and Roosevelt notes a slight improvement in the men's health.","significance":1,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","religion","health"],"people":[]},{"date":"1898-07-25","age":39,"headline":"Diary notes on camp characters","summary":"Roosevelt jots down camp anecdotes in his diary, including a lost hat, troopers Pollock and Paunce, and a man who refused to grow his hair long in wartime.","significance":1,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","writing"],"people":["pollock","paunce"]},{"date":"1898-07-26","age":39,"headline":"In camp in Cuba","summary":"Another day in camp in Cuba with nothing recorded.","significance":1,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders"],"people":[]},{"date":"1898-07-27","age":39,"headline":"Governorship and Harvard men","summary":"Roosevelt tells Douglas Robinson he never expected to come through unhurt, discusses a possible run for governor with John Lewis Childs, and praises the young Harvard men serving as troopers in a letter to President Charles W. Eliot.","significance":1,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","politics","harvard"],"people":["douglas-robinson","john-lewis-childs","charles-w-eliot","mrs-clifford-richardson","c-grant-la-farge"]},{"date":"1898-07-28","age":39,"headline":"Red Cross goods from Bamie","summary":"Roosevelt records troopers' stories in his diary, including Crockett's wound and the parson who ground coffee. He thanks Bamie for Red Cross supplies she arranged and calls the regiment thoroughly American.","significance":1,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","family","writing"],"people":["anna-roosevelt-cowles","crockett","russell","morrison"]},{"date":"1898-07-29","age":39,"headline":"Remembering the bronco busters","summary":"Roosevelt's diary names two bronco busters in the regiment, Darnell and Smoky Moore.","significance":1,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","writing"],"people":["darnell","smoky-moore"]},{"date":"1898-07-30","age":39,"headline":"Colonel's commission accepted","summary":"Roosevelt formally accepts his colonelcy. General Shafter calls all officers together to discuss the army's health crisis. In his diary Roosevelt recalls Happy Jack, a former lightweight boxer sure he could not catch fever.","significance":2,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","military","health"],"people":["william-r-shafter","happy-jack"]},{"date":"1898-07-31","age":39,"headline":"Pleading to bring the men home","summary":"Roosevelt tells Lodge he would much rather take on national politics than New York's sewers and police boards, and he writes Seth Low that his men must leave Cuba before sickness kills them.","significance":1,"location":"Cuba","location_id":"cuba","lat":23.01313,"lon":-80.83287,"tags":["rough-riders","politics","health"],"people":["henry-cabot-lodge","seth-low"]}]