Buffalo Soldier Uniform Coat
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1918
label: associated dates
content: 1918-01-05-1919-03-19
label: Associated Date
content: ca 1914-1918
name: label: user
content: Blayton, Benjamin B.
notes: label: Description
content: African American soldiers were allowed to enlist in the regular peacetime army of the United States for the first time at the end of the Civil War. Many of the new regulars had fought as United States Colored Troops during the war. By 1869, four African American regiments—the 9th and 10th Cavalry, the 24th and 25 Infantry—had been dispatched to the western frontier wars. Their duties were not limited to fighting Indians, who first called them "buffalo soldiers." In garrison, they drilled, stood guard, and maintained horses, barracks, weapons, and equipment. In the field, they patrolled harsh terrain in every extreme of weather, built or rebuilt army posts, strung telegraph wire, and escorted settlers, cattle herds, and railroad crews.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Cultures & Communities
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0339.06
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0339.06
label: accession number
content: 1994.0339
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coat
label: Other Terms
content: Coat; Uniforms
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: khaki (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 39 cm x 70 cm; x 15 3/8 in x 27 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 28 in x 18 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 71.12 cm x 46.99 cm x 11.43 cm