Charge of the 24th and 25th Colored Infantry and Rescue of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill, July 2nd, 1898
- Created by
- Kurz & Allison, American, founded 1880
- Subject of
- 24th Infantry Regiment, American, 1869 - 2006
- 25th Infantry Regiment, American, 1866 - 1946
- Date
- 1899
- Medium
- lithographic ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Mat): 26 × 32 1/16 × 1/8 in. (66 × 81.4 × 0.3 cm)
- H x W (Image): 19 11/16 × 27 5/8 in. (50 × 70.2 cm)
- Caption
- The Battle of San Juan Hill brought fame to Col. Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders. But if not for the charge of the 10th Cavalry and 24th Infantry regiments, Roosevelt's troops might have been defeated. Although the 25th Infantry did not charge up San Juan Hill with the 24th as depicted here - it was fighting the Battle of El Caney at the time - this print nevertheless captures African American participation on San Juan Hill.
- Description
- A chromolithograph framed and dry-mounted to a large piece of matte. It has had several archival repairs. The image features American forces, in blue and carrying an American flag, charging towards an ongoing battle between American and Spanish forces. The advancing U.S. troops are mostly African American and they are being fired upon by the Spanish. In the background is a fort with an American flag being raised. The surrounding landscape is tropical.
- Place depicted
- San Juan Heights, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Place printed
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- Spain, Europe
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- chromolithographs
- Topic
- Art
- Colonialism
- Military
- Race relations
- Spanish colonialism
- Spanish-American War, 1898
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2008.2.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




