The Buffalo Soldiers
Subtitle: A Narrative of the Negro Cavalry in the West
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: December 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780806112442
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Black studies; c 1800 to c 1900; History - General History; Cavalry, 9th; History; Military; USA; Military Science; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; General; Cavalry, 10th; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Military - United States; United States - 19th Century; African American troops; Afro-American troops; Army; Army.; United States; United States.
First sentence: NEGRO TROOPS marched in the ranks of Washington's armies in the cause of independence and they served with Andrew Jackson at New Orleans in 1815 to repel the British invader, but their first large-scale employment awaited the coming of the Civil War.