Buffalo Soldiers in the West : A Black Soldiers Anthology

by Glasrud, Bruce A.

• ISBN13: 9781585446209
• ISBN10: 1585446203
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-30
• Publisher: Texas A & M Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Introduction : western Black soldiers since The Buffalo Soldiers : a review of the literature	p. 5
The officers and the troops	p. 31
Fort Riley's Black soldiers and the army's changing role in the west, 1867-85	p. 35
William R. Shafter, Black troops, and the opening of the Llano Estacado, 1870-75	p. 51
Buffalo soldier chaplains of the Old West	p. 68
"Dress on the colors, boys!" : Black noncommissioned officers in the Regular Army, 1866-98	p. 84
The Black soldier	p. 97
Cathay Williams : Black woman soldier, 1866-68	p. 101
One soldier's service : Caleb Benson in the ninth and tenth cavalry, 1875-1908	p. 114
The court-martial of Lt. Henry O. Flipper : an example of Black-white relationships in the army, 1881	p. 129
The Black Seminole Indian scouts in the big bend	p. 143
Discrimination and violence	p. 153
Black soldiers at Fort Hays, Kansas, 1867-69 : a study in civilian and military violence	p. 157
Black soldiers on the white frontier : some factors influencing race relations	p. 176
Rio Grande City : prelude to the Brownsville Raid	p. 185
The Houston Riot of 1917, revisited	p. 197
Community of soldiers	p. 217
Improbable ambassadors : Black soldiers at Fort Douglas, 1896-99	p. 221
Putting the army on wheels : the story of the twenty-fifth infantry bicycle corps	p. 242
The Black soldier-athlete in the U.S. Army, 1890-1916	p. 257
Community building on the border : the role of the twenty-fourth infantry band at Columbus, New Mexico, 1916-22	p. 267
Buffalo soldiers : a bibliography	p. 277
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