The buffalo soldiers : their epic story and major campaigns

Sheffer, Debra J. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781440829826 (print : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1440829829 (print : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781440829833 (e-book)
Physical Description: print
xxii, 230 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-216) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.