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Author:

Schubert, Frank N.

Title:

Black valor : buffalo soldiers and the Medal of Honor, 1870-1898 / Frank N. Schubert.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield Pub.Inc.,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xi, 231 p. : ill., map., ports. 23 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Army--History--History--19th century.
African Americans--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
African American soldiers--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
Medal of Honor.
Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895.
Spanish-American War, 1898--Participation, African American.
West (U.S.)--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

Summary:

They were Army soldiers. Just a few years earlier, some had been slaves. Several thousand African Americans served as soldiers in the Indian Wars and in the Cuban campaign of the Spanish-American War in the latter part of the nineteenth century. They were known as buffalo soldiers, believed to have been named by Indians who had seen a similarity between the coarse hair and dark skin of the soldiers and the coats of the buffalo. Twenty-three of these men won the nation's highest award for personal bravery, the Medal of Honor. Black Valor brings the lives of these soldiers into sharp focus.

ISBN:

1442201932
9781442201934

OCLC:

(OCoLC)497862550

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)