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Spanish American War: 2nd US Cavalry

Bean, Huggins and Wood

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Maj. General Leonard Wood, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army (1860 - 1927)
Leonard Wood (October 9, 1860 – August 7, 1927) was a physician who served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Military Governor of Cuba and Governor General of the Philippines. Early in...
Bean family collection

Major William Heebner Bean (1861 - 1904)
Bean was born July 25th 1861 died March 17th , 1904 (Omaha, NE) (suicide) Norristown High School 1878 William H. Bean graduated West Point in 1886 and was assigned to the Second Cavalry serving in Ar...
Eli Lundy Huggins (1842 - 1929)
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the ==Medal of Honor==to Captain (Cavalry) Eli Lundy Huggins , United States Army, for extraordinary...

The focus of this project is the oldest active regiment of Cavalry in the US Military and their involvement in the Spanish American War.

History: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/2nd-us-cavalry