Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders along with General Fighten Joe Wheeler with a total of 950 soldiers defeated 2000 Spanish troops here.  The battle was approximately at this spot.

 Jack Crane

Battle of Las Guasimas

The Battle of Las Guasimas of June 24, 1898, part of the Spanish-American War, unfolded from Major General "Fighting Joe" Wheeler's attempt to storm a Spanish position in the jungles surrounding Santiago. Commanding a division that included the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry and the 10th Regular Cavalry, Wheeler engaged a rearguard under Major General Antero Rubín.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle of Las Guasimas
• page 64 - Morris, Edmund, 1973, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt: Ballantine Books, New York, 886p.