Word: brigadiership
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...early year being spent in the Southwest where he campaigned against the Indians so faithfully and bravely that Congress conferred its greatest gift upon him--the Congressional Medal of Honor. Many people, too, think that President Roosevelt jumped him over the heads of many hundreds of officers to a Brigadiership, when as a matter of fact it was President McKinley who made him a Brigadier because of his talents exhibited during the Spanish War. Readers will recall that Wood was the first commanding officer of the Rough Riders and Roosevelt was second in command. After the first battle near Santiago...
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