Buffalo Soldiers
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"" was the name given to African-American cavalrymen by their
native-American antagonists during the Indian Wars in the post-Civil War
American West. The first men to serve in all-black army units did so in the
Union Army, during the Civil War. The initial all-black regiment, the 54th
Massachusetts ....
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.... by many civilians in frontier towns, the black regiments performed
effectively. They fought innumerable skirmishes and running battles with Indian
warriors in the Great Plains, western Texas, the southwestern desert, and the
mountains of Colorado. One company of the 9th regiment fought in the last battle
of the Indian Wars, at Wounded Knee, S. Dak., in December 1890. The black troops
were proud to be called Buffalo Soldiers; in fact, the regimental crest of the
10th cavalry bore ....
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