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Ferment on the Frontier: The Story of the Buffalo Soldiers |
| Section: CULTURE / HERITAGE |
| Author: Branley Allan Branson And Mary Lou Branson |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1998 |
| Size: 3,426 Words, 21,804 Characters |
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That year, it became apparent that a strong military presence was required in the frontier country of Kansas, Indian Territory (Oklahoma), Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, not to mention the Dakotas and Wyoming. Marauding Indians, land-baron cattle wars, trouble along the Mexican border, murderous politicians, rustlers, and outlaws plagued these regions. Among the all-black regiments (all of whose commissioned officers were white) were the soldiers of the 38th Infantry Regiment.
Soon after its formation the 38th, under the command of Gen. Winfield Hancock, was ordered to Kansas to repulse Indian attacks. In 1867 the regiment fought several battles with those adversaries. The regiment was then sent to New Mexico, to replace the all-white 135th Infantry, which had been transferred out. Ind...
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...ful monument at Leavenworth that was dedicated during a ceremony in July 1992.
Additional Reading:
Monroe Billington, New Mexico's Buffalo Soldiers, 1866--1900, University of Colorado Press, Boulder, 1991.
Jim Carroll, The Black Military Experience in the American West, Liveright Press, New York, 1971.William Leckie, The Buffalo Soldiers, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1967.
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