Buffalo soldiers in the West : a Black soldiers anthology / edited by Bruce A. Glasrud and Michael N. Searles.
2007
E185.925 .B84 2007eb
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Title
Buffalo soldiers in the West : a Black soldiers anthology / edited by Bruce A. Glasrud and Michael N. Searles.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9781603444491 (electronic bk.)
1603444491 (electronic bk.)
1299052231
9781299052239
9781585446124 (alk. paper)
1585446122 (alk. paper)
9781585446209 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1585446203 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1603444491 (electronic bk.)
1299052231
9781299052239
9781585446124 (alk. paper)
1585446122 (alk. paper)
9781585446209 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1585446203 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Imprint
College Station, Tex. : Texas A & M University Press, ©2007.
Language
English
Language Note
English.
Description
1 online resource (vi, 319 pages)
Call Number
E185.925 .B84 2007eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)607825144
Summary
In the decades following the Civil War, scores of African Americans served in the U.S. Army in the West. The Plains Indians dubbed them buffalo soldiers, and their record in the infantry and cavalry, a record full of dignity and pride, provides one of the most fascinating chapters in the history of the era. This anthology focuses on the careers and accomplishments of black soldiers, the lives they developed for themselves, their relationships to their officers (most of whom were white), their specialized roles (such as that of the Black Seminoles), and the discrimination they faced from the very whites they were trying to protect. In short, this volume offers important insights into the social, cultural, and communal lives of the buffalo soldiers. The selections are written by prominent scholars who have delved into the history of black soldiers in the West. Previously published in scattered journals, the articles are gathered here for the first time in a single volume, providing a rich and accessible resource for students, scholars, and interested general readers. Additionally, the readings in this volume serve in some ways as commentaries on each other, offering in this collected format a cumulative mosaic that was only fragmentary before. Volume editors Glasrud and Searles provide introductions to the volume and to each of its four parts, surveying recent scholarship and offering an interpretive framework. The bibliography that closes the book will also commend itself as a valuable tool for further research.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-300) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: Western Black soldiers since The Buffalo Soldiers : a review of the literature / Bruce A. Glasrud
Fort Riley's Black soldiers and the Army's changing role in the West, 1867-85 / William A. Dobak
William R. Shafter, Black troops, and the opening of the Llano Estacado, 1870-75 / Paul H. Carlson
Buffalo soldier chaplains of the old West / Alan K. Lamm
"Dress on the colors, boys!" Black noncommissioned officers in the regular Army, 1866-98 / Douglas C. McChristian
Cathay Williams : Black woman soldier, 1866-68 / DeAnne Blanton
One soldier's service : Caleb Benson in the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry, 1875-1908 / Thomas R. Buecker
The court-martial of Lt. Henry O. Flipper : an example of Black-White relationships in the Army, 1881 / Bruce J. Dinges
The Black Seminole Indian scouts in the Big Bend / Thomas A. Britten
Black soldiers at Fort Hays, Kansas, 1867-69 : a study in civilian and military violence / James N. Leiker
Black soldiers on the White frontier : some factors influencing race relations / Frank N. Schubert
Rio Grande City : prelude to the Brownsville raid / Garna L. Christian
The Houston riot of 1917, revisited / C. Calvin Smith
Improbable ambassadors : Black soldiers at Fort Douglas, 1896-99 / Michael J. Clark
Putting the army on wheels : the story of the Twenty-fifth Infantry Bicycle Corps / Charles M. Dollar
The Black soldier-athlete in the U.S. Army, 1890-1916 / Marvin E. Fletcher
Community building on the border : the role of the Twenty-fourth Infantry Band at Columbus, New Mexico, 1916-22 / Horace Daniel Nash
Buffalo soldiers : a bibliography / Bruce A. Glasrud and Michael N. Searles.
Fort Riley's Black soldiers and the Army's changing role in the West, 1867-85 / William A. Dobak
William R. Shafter, Black troops, and the opening of the Llano Estacado, 1870-75 / Paul H. Carlson
Buffalo soldier chaplains of the old West / Alan K. Lamm
"Dress on the colors, boys!" Black noncommissioned officers in the regular Army, 1866-98 / Douglas C. McChristian
Cathay Williams : Black woman soldier, 1866-68 / DeAnne Blanton
One soldier's service : Caleb Benson in the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry, 1875-1908 / Thomas R. Buecker
The court-martial of Lt. Henry O. Flipper : an example of Black-White relationships in the Army, 1881 / Bruce J. Dinges
The Black Seminole Indian scouts in the Big Bend / Thomas A. Britten
Black soldiers at Fort Hays, Kansas, 1867-69 : a study in civilian and military violence / James N. Leiker
Black soldiers on the White frontier : some factors influencing race relations / Frank N. Schubert
Rio Grande City : prelude to the Brownsville raid / Garna L. Christian
The Houston riot of 1917, revisited / C. Calvin Smith
Improbable ambassadors : Black soldiers at Fort Douglas, 1896-99 / Michael J. Clark
Putting the army on wheels : the story of the Twenty-fifth Infantry Bicycle Corps / Charles M. Dollar
The Black soldier-athlete in the U.S. Army, 1890-1916 / Marvin E. Fletcher
Community building on the border : the role of the Twenty-fourth Infantry Band at Columbus, New Mexico, 1916-22 / Horace Daniel Nash
Buffalo soldiers : a bibliography / Bruce A. Glasrud and Michael N. Searles.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. (http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212)
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