Collects biographical material on "buffalo soldiers," members of all-black regiments in the United States Army between 1866 and 1917.

This compilation of biographical material focuses on buffalo soldiers as individuals. The entries demonstrate the variety of the experiences of African-American

The author draws on her father's account of the war and her extensive interviews with other veterans of the 92nd Division to describe the experiences of a naive

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