The Buffalo Soldiers: A Narrative of the Black Cavalry in the West
Originally published in 1967, William H. Leckie’s The Buffalo Soldiers was the first book of its kind to recognize the importance of African American units in the conquest of the West. Decades later, with sales of more than 75,000 copies, The Buffalo Soldiers has become a classic. Now, in a newly revised edition, the authors have expanded the original research to explore more deeply the lives of buffalo soldiers in the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry Regiments.\ Written in accessible prose that...
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Originally published in 1967, William H. Leckie's The Buffalo Soldiers was the first book of its kind of recognize the importance of African American units in the conquest of the West. In this revised edition, the authors further explore the lives of buffalo soldiers in the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry Regiments, showing that they were increasingly confident in their fighting ability and, above all, determined to prove themselves worthy of their newly entitled citizenship.Written in accessible prose that includes a synthesis of recent scholarship, The Buffalo Soldiers: A Narrative of the Black Cavalry in the West, Revised Edition delves further into the social impact of being an African American soldier in the nineteenth century. This work also explores the experiences of the soldiers' families at frontier posts. In a new epilogue, the authors summarize developments in the lives of buffalo soldiers after the Indian Wars and discuss contemporary efforts to memorialize them in film, art, and architecture.KLIATTFirst published in 1967, this study of African American units in the struggle for the West has been revised to present an expanded version, taking advantage of the scholarship of the last four decades. The work follows the difficult army life of the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry Regiments in the Southwest during the 25 years that followed the Civil War. Through Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas the units moved, often with little or no water and worn-out horses. Their tasks were to protect settlers, remove settlers who were illegally squatting on reservation land and, most difficult of all, prevent tribal raids on settlers and their herds. They fought Comanche, Sioux, Apache, and Cheyenne tribesmen, including those led by Sitting Bull and Geronimo. Based heavily on US Army records, the tone of the work is businesslike, but the sympathy and admiration of the authors is strongly with the black soldiers.
\ KLIATT\ - Patricia Moore\ First published in 1967, this study of African American units in the struggle for the West has been revised to present an expanded version, taking advantage of the scholarship of the last four decades. The work follows the difficult army life of the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry Regiments in the Southwest during the 25 years that followed the Civil War. Through Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas the units moved, often with little or no water and worn-out horses. Their tasks were to protect settlers, remove settlers who were illegally squatting on reservation land and, most difficult of all, prevent tribal raids on settlers and their herds. They fought Comanche, Sioux, Apache, and Cheyenne tribesmen, including those led by Sitting Bull and Geronimo. Based heavily on US Army records, the tone of the work is businesslike, but the sympathy and admiration of the authors is strongly with the black soldiers.\ \
