Thanks, but no thanks: Black service in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Seminole wars -- The Civil War and postwar occupation: "gentlemen, the question is settled; Negroes will fight" -- New beginnings and new trials: creation, organization, and overview -- A different kind of war: the Ninth Cavalry -- "Ready and forward": the Tenth Cavalry -- "'neath the coat of army blue": the Twenty-Fourth Infantry -- Honest and faithful service: the Twenty-Fifth Infantry -- Cuba, the Philippines, and Mexico -- "Black is not a color of the rainbow": World War I -- Epilogue: World War II and the Korean War.
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