Rough Riders
On the morning of September 15, 1898, the regimental property including all equipment, firearms and horses were turned back over to the United States government. The soldiers said one last good-bye to each other and the United States First Volunteer Cavalry, Roosevelt's Rough Riders, was disbanded at last. Before they all returned to their respective homes across the country, Colonel Roosevelt gave them a short speech that commended their efforts in the war, expressed his profound pride and reminded them that, although heroes, they would have to integrate back into normal society and work as hard as everyone else. Many of the men were unable to gain their jobs back from when they lost them before leaving for war. Some, due to illness or injury, were unable to work for a long time. Money was donated by a number of wealthier supporters of the regiment and used to supplement the well being of the needy veterans, many of whom were too proud to accept the help.
A first reunion of the Rough Riders was held in the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, New Mexico in 1899. Roosevelt, then Governor of New York, attended this event. In 1948, fifty years after the Rough Riders disbandment, the U.S. Post office issued a commemorative stamp in their honor and memory. The stamp depicts Captain William Owen "Bucky" O'Neill, who was killed in action while leading troop A at the Battle of San Juan Hill, July 1, 1898. The Rough Riders continued to have annual reunions in Las Vegas until 1967, when the sole veteran to attend was Jesse Langdon. He died in 1975.
Dark Riders (comics)
The mutant members of the Dark Riders (minus Lifeforce and Dirtnap) remained alive after the events of Necrosha when the entire team, composed of both they and the original Inhuman members (minus Foxbat), who were also apparently resurrected in the interim since their last appearance, recently resurfaced again in the aftermath of the Terrigen Mists being released across the Earth. Seeing this as a sign of natural selection, the Dark Riders have been targeting mutant healers around the world for execution so they do not interfere with natural selection. According to Gauntlet, mutants have had their chance at survival and delaying the end of mutantkind would be an affront to nature. They succeeded in killing Josh Foley, also known as Elixir and have also targeted and Shen Xorn for death. However, Triage is currently under the protection of Magneto and his team of X-Men, while Xorn fended off an assassination attempt made on him by several of the Dark Riders, killing Barrage. Deadbolt, HardDrive, Hurricane, Psynapse, Spyne, and all three Tuskettes were later killed in battle by Magneto's team of X-Men on Genosha. It is assumed that Gauntlet and Tusk are dead, since Magneto tied them up in steel, along with the corpses of their fellow Dark Riders, and then set off a bomb that blew them up and what Magneto claimed was "the entire island of Genosha. . Gauntlet was later confirmed to have indeed been killed by the explosion and temporarily resurrected as a mindless zombie by a self-resurrecting Elixir when Magneto's team of X-Men return to inspect a still-wholly intact Genosha .