The Buffalo Soldiers - Sheffer, Debra J. (Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, 2015)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: African American soldiers -- History; United States -- Army