Buffalo soldiers in the West : a Black soldiers anthology / edited by Bruce A. Glasrud and Michael N. Searles.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Glasrud, Bruce A.

Searles, Michael N., 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.

African American soldiers--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.

African American soldiers.

African American soldiers--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.

African American soldiers--West (U.S.)--Biography.

Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).

Frontier and pioneer life.

West (U.S.)--Race relations.

West (U.S.).

West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890.

West (U.S.)--History--1890-1945.

United States. Army--African American troops--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

vi, 319 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the decades following the Civil War, scores of African Americans served in the U.S. Army in the West. This book focuses on the careers and accomplishments of these soldiers, the lives they developed, and the discrimination they faced.

Contents:

Introduction: Western Black soldiers since The Buffalo Soldiers : a review of the literature / Bruce A. Glasrud

Fort Riley's Black soldiers and the Army's changing role in the West, 1867-85 / William A. Dobak

William R. Shafter, Black troops, and the opening of the Llano Estacado, 1870-75 / Paul H. Carlson

Buffalo soldier chaplains of the old West / Alan K. Lamm

"Dress on the colors, boys!" Black noncommissioned officers in the regular Army, 1866-98 / Douglas C. McChristian

Cathay Williams : Black woman soldier, 1866-68 / DeAnne Blanton

One soldier's service : Caleb Benson in the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry, 1875-1908 / Thomas R. Buecker

The court-martial of Lt. Henry O. Flipper : an example of Black-White relationships in the Army, 1881 / Bruce J. Dinges

The Black Seminole Indian scouts in the Big Bend / Thomas A. Britten

Black soldiers at Fort Hays, Kansas, 1867-69 : a study in civilian and military violence / James N. Leiker

Black soldiers on the White frontier : some factors influencing race relations / Frank N. Schubert

Rio Grande City : prelude to the Brownsville raid / Garna L. Christian

The Houston riot of 1917, revisited / C. Calvin Smith

Improbable ambassadors : Black soldiers at Fort Douglas, 1896-99 / Michael J. Clark

Putting the army on wheels : the story of the Twenty-fifth Infantry Bicycle Corps / Charles M. Dollar

The Black soldier-athlete in the U.S. Army, 1890-1916 / Marvin E. Fletcher

Community building on the border : the role of the Twenty-fourth Infantry Band at Columbus, New Mexico, 1916-22 / Horace Daniel Nash

Buffalo soldiers : a bibliography / Bruce A. Glasrud and Michael N. Searles.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-299-05223-1

1-60344-449-1

OCLC:

607825144