Buffalo Soldier #1062

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 Buffalo Soldier

 
 

The nickname buffalo soldiers began with the Cheyenne 

 warriors in 1867. The actual Cheyenne translation was 

 Wild Buffalo. The nickname was given out of respect

 and the fierce fighting ability of the 10th cavalry. Overtime,

 Buffalo Soldiers became a generic term for all African 

 

American soldiers.

 

 

 
Buffalo Soldiers was a name given to two cavalry regiments and
two infantry regiments. These United States Army units were made
up entirely of African American soldiers. In 1866 two U.S. Army 
African American regiments were formed, the 9th and 10th cavalries.
Members of these two cavalry units and two all-black infantry 
regiments, the 24th and 25th, came to be called Buffalo Soldiers. 
By 1867, the first Buffalo Soldier units were sent to the West to 
fight Indians and protect settlers, cattle herds, and railroad crews.
Indians gave the troops the name of Buffalo Soldiers, probably 
because their short, dark, curly hair resembled the mane of the 
buffalo. In the 1950s, Buffalo Soldier regiments were disbanded
when all military services were integrated.

 

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