The Buffalo Soldiers :

Sheffer, Debra J.

The Buffalo Soldiers : Debra J. Sheffer. - pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thanks, but no thanks: Black service in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Seminole wars -- The Civil War and postwar occupation: "gentlemen, the question is settled; Negroes will fight" -- New beginnings and new trials: creation, organization, and overview -- A different kind of war: the Ninth Cavalry -- "Ready and forward": the Tenth Cavalry -- "'neath the coat of army blue": the Twenty-Fourth Infantry -- Honest and faithful service: the Twenty-Fifth Infantry -- Cuba, the Philippines, and Mexico -- "Black is not a color of the rainbow": World War I -- Epilogue: World War II and the Korean War.

9781440829826 (print : alk. paper) 1440829829 (print : alk. paper)

2014044495


African American soldiers--History


United States--Army

E185.63 / .S47 2015

355.0089/96073