The Buffalo Soldiers were African Americans who served in the
Regular Army between the Civil War and World War I and fought in
some of the most difficult wars against western Indians. Examining
their military service, their social lives, and their interactions
with western civilian communities, it uses the words of the
soldiers themselves and of contemporary observers, some friendly
and some not.
"Voices of the Buffalo Soldier" draws on a wide variety of
periodicals, military records, and letters. It covers such key
topics as the legislative origin of the inclusion of black soldiers
in the army, the campaigns in which the Buffalo Soldiers fought,
their daily lives and interactions with white communities, the few
black chaplains and line officers who were permitted to serve, and
the bravery of some Buffalo Soldier heroes. All students of the
frontier army as well as aficionados with a special interest in the
Buffalo Soldiers will find this an invaluable publication.
"The first work that presents the correspondence and their
primary documents pertaining to black soldiers' lives in the
West."--Quintard Taylor, University of Washington
General
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