Hello there, The rough riders were <span>the first voluntary cavalry in the Spanish-American War. </span>Theodore Roosevelt<span> was the </span>Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He resigned in 1898 to organize the Rough Riders.
The Rough Riders was a nickname for the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, a unit created in 1898 to fight the Spanish-American War. Its first leader was Colonel Leonard Wood, and after he left, future president Theodore Roosevelt took the reins.