Buffalo Soldiers Encampment Historical Marker

One of four all-black regiments in the regular army at the outbreak of the Spanish American War, the 10th Cavalry camped at this site on the shore of Lake Wire in the spring of 1898 while awaiting transport to Cuba. ...

Fort Bliss Buffalo Soldiers Memorial

History

In 1866, One year after the end of the Civil War and more than six months after the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery was enacted Congress had the need to reorganize the peacetime Regular Army. Recognizing the Military merits of Black ...

“Buffalo Soldiers”

First Sgt. Augustus Walley, a Reisterstown native, awarded The Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery at Cuchillo Negro Mountain, New Mexico.

Dedicated on the 100th anniversary of The Spanish-American War July 13, 1998.

Marker is at the intersection of Cockey’s Mill Road ...

Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Robinson

Black soldiers of the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry regiments (called "buffalo soldiers" by the Plains Indians) garrisoned Fort Robinson for eighteen years and played an important role in northwestern Nebraska's history. Organized in 1866, the regiments first served in the ...

The Buffalo Soldiers in Tampa Heights

1898

African-Americans have served valiantly in all of America's wars. Although black soldiers fought and died in previous conflicts, they were not permitted to enlist as army regulars until after the Civil War. Organized into separate infantry and cavalry units, ...

Buffalo Soldiers

African-American units of the 9th and 10th Cavalry quartered at West Point in 1907, grew to over 100 skilled and disciplined men who trained the cadets. Considered the first “colored regulars” at West

Point. Many local men served in this ...

The "Buffalo Soldiers"

The "Buffalo Soldiers"

"We can; we will!" "Ready and Forward!"

9th Cavalry 1891-1894

10th Cavalry 1931-1949

Fort Myer Buffalo Soldiers

From 1891 to 1894 Troop K of the 9th Cavalry Regiment was stationed here as a reward fro their valor on the Western frontier. They ...

Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Myer

This sign marks the site of the proposed Buffalo Soldiers Memorial

Following the Civil War four regiments (9th and 10th Cavalry; 24th and 25th Infantry) of African-American enlisted men, under the command of white officers, were formed to fight on the ...

Pickens County Buffalo Soldiers

First War Casualties

Private Major Terrell, United States Army

First Pickens County Casualty of World War One

A resident of Hurricane Township in Pickens, Major Terrell joined the U.S. Army in October 1917 and was assigned to the 305th Labor ...