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Bankston Johnson, 1898
Bankston Johnson (Choctaw, 1862?–?) was a trooper in Theodore Roosevelt's First Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, popularly known as the Rough Riders. The regiment was mustered in 1898 for the Spanish–American War. Victory in that war began a process that transformed the United States into a major world power.
Stereograph by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Courtesy Library of Congress |