Legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers
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Buffalo Soldiersthing
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Victorioperson
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a.k.a. Head Chief of Warm Spring Apache
10th Cavalry Regimentorg
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24th Infantry Regimentorg
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25th Infantry Regimentorg
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38th Infantry Regimentorg
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92nd Infantry Divisionorg
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9th Cavalry Regimentorg
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Overview of Buffalo Soldiers by Bud Russo. Covers the 1866 creation of five all-black regiments (9th and 10th Cavalry, 24th, 25th, and 38th Infantry); nearly 4,000 Buffalo Soldiers serving at 11 frontier forts in New Mexico; first black troops arriving at Fort Selden in 1866; no African American officers and extreme racial prejudice; engagements against Victorio in Hembrillo Canyon near Victorio Peak and Dog Canyon; service in the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars; border security during the Mexican Revolution; WWI service under French command (the first American troops controlled by a foreign power); the 92nd Infantry Division in WWII; notes the Army ended segregation in 1951.