First went the first squadron, followed soon after by the second, composed of Troops G, I, B and A.The Tenth Cavalry is composed of Negroes, commanded by white officers, and I have naught but the highest praise for the swarthy warriors on the field of carnage.

Led by brave men, they will go into the thickest of the fight, even to the wicked mouths of deadly cannon, unflinchingly." Lieutenant Roberts says further that "at 9 o'clock on the morning of July 1st the order came to move.

Forward we went, until we struck a road between two groves, which road was swept by a hail of shot and shell from Spanish guns.

The men stood their ground as if on dress parade.

Single file, every man ready to obey any command, they bade defiance to the fiercest storm of leaden hail that ever hurtled over a troop of United States cavalry.