Buffalo soldiers and officers of the Ninth Cavalry, 1867-1898
Subtitle: black & white together
By: Charles L. Kenner.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: United States. Army. Cavalry, 9th -- History.; United States. Army -- African American troops -- History -- 19th century.; United States. Army -- Officers -- History -- 19th century.; African American soldiers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.; Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890.
Description: "The inclusion of the Ninth Cavalry and three other African American regiments in the post-Civil War army was one of the nation's most problematic social experiments. The first fifteen years following its organization in 1866 were stained by mutinies, slanderous verbal assaults, and sadistic abuses by their officers.

Eventually, however, a number of considerate and dedicated officers, including Major Guy Henry, Captain Charles Parker, and Lieutenant Matthais Day, in cooperation with capable noncommissioned officers such as George Mason, Madison Ingoman, and Moses Williams, created an elite and well-disciplined fighting unit that won the respect of all but the most racist whites."--BOOK JACKET.

"Charles L. Kenner's detailed biographies of officers and enlisted men describe the passions, aspirations, and conflicts that both bound blacks and whites together and pulled them apart."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-373)  and index.