Lee, James (fl.1907) [Charge of the Color Troops--San Juan]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09743 Author/Creator: Lee, James (fl.1907) Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Print Date: 1907 Pagination: 1 p. ; 40 x 50.6 cm. Order a Copy
One chromolithograph entitled "Charge of the Color Troops - San Juan." The image depicts the 24th Colored Infantry Regiment at the Battle of San Juan Hill on July 1, 1898.
The Battle of San Juan Hill took place on 1 July 1898. 24th Colored Infantry Regiment
General John Pershing, who was present at San Juan, wrote of military integration, "White regiments, black regiments, regulars and Rough Riders, representing the young manhood of the North and the South, fought shoulder to shoulder, unmindful of race or color . . . and mindful of only their common duty as Americans."
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