Buffalo Soldiers

The Topic: Buffalo Soldiers

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Easier - Buffalo Soldiers was a name given to two cavalry regiments and two infantry regiments. These United States Army units were made up entirely of African American soldiers.

Harder - In 1866 two U.S. Army African American regiments were formed, the 9th and 10th cavalries. Members of these two cavalry units and two all-black infantry regiments, the 24th and 25th, came to be called Buffalo Soldiers. By 1867, the first Buffalo Soldier units were sent to the West to fight Indians and protect settlers, cattle herds, and railroad crews. Indians gave the troops the name of Buffalo Soldiers, probably because their short, dark, curly hair resembled the mane of the buffalo. In the 1950s, Buffalo Soldier regiments were disbanded when all military services were integrated.

Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Huachuca (Huachuca Illustrated)

http://www.ukans.edu/~kansite/ww_one/comment/huachuca/HI1-00index.htm

This series of articles tries to convey what it was like to be a soldier along the Mexican border from 1913 to 1939, especially an African-American soldier.

Buffalo Soldiers on the Western Frontier

http://www.imh.org/imh/buf/buftoc.html

Here you find information on the African American soldiers.

Buffalo Soldiers - America's Unsung Heroes (BuffaloSoldiers.Net)

http://www.buffalosoldiers.net/

This site links to tons of information about buffalo soldiers. You can also find photos here.

Another Buffalo Soldiers Links-site:

2) Buffalo Soldiers http://blackarchives.org/links/soldiers.htm

Texas Buffalo Soldiers History (Texas Parks and Wildlife)

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/admin/buffalo/bf_history_toc.htm

Learn about the black soldiers of the 9th & 10th Cavalry and the 24th & 25th Infantry Regiments and their "Outstanding" Acts of Valor during the Indian Wars Campaign.