Title: Black officer in a Buffalo Soldier regiment : the military career of Charles Young /
Authors: Shellum, Brian G.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Young, Charles,; United States. Officers Biography.; United States. African American troops.; African American soldiers Biography
Abstract: "An unheralded military hero, Charles Young (1864-1922) was the third black graduate of West Point, the first African American national park superintendent, the first black U.S. military attaché, the first African American officer to command a Regular Army regiment, and the highest-ranking black officer in the Regular Army until his death. Black Officer in a Buffalo Soldier Regiment tells the story of the man who - willingly or not - served as a standard-bearer for his race in the officer corps for nearly thirty years, and who, if not for racial prejudice, would have become the first African American general.
Contents: Awaiting orders -- First posting to Fort Robinson -- New start at Fort Duchesne -- Military instructor at Wilberforce -- Volunteer officer in the Spanish-American War -- Return to Fort Duchesne -- Fighting Guerillas in the Philippines -- Troop commander in San Francisco and Sequoia -- Military attaché in Hispaniola -- Garrison duty in the Philippines and Wyoming -- Military assistance mission in Liberia -- Chasing villa in Mexico -- Retirement to Ohio -- Final post in Liberia -- Epilogue : coming home.