Rough Riders
NICKNAME GIVEN TO THE 1ST UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER CAVALRY
Rough Rider; Weary Walkers; Wood's Weary Walkers; The Rough Rider; Rough riders; Rough Rider shirt; 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry
The Rough Riders was a nickname given to the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish–American War and the only one to see combat. The United States Army was small, understaffed, and disorganized in comparison to its status during the American Civil War roughly thirty years prior.