Black officer in a Buffalo Soldier regiment : the military career of Charles Young /
Shellum, Brian,
Black officer in a Buffalo Soldier regiment : the military career of Charles Young / Brian G. Shellum. - xxi, 360 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
"A Bison original"--Page 4 of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-351) and index.
Awaiting orders -- First posting to Fort Robinson -- New start at Fort Duchesne -- Military instructor at Wilberforce -- Volunteer officer in the Spanish-American War -- Return to Fort Duchesne -- Fighting Guerillas in the Philippines -- Troop commander in
"An unheralded military hero, Charles Young (1864-1922) was the third black graduate of West Point, the first African American n Brian G. Shellum describes how, during his remarkable army career, Young was shuffled among the few assignments deemed suitable for a black officer in a white man's army - the Buffalo Soldier regiments, an African American college, and diplomatic posts in black republics such as Liberia. Nonetheless, he used his experience to establish himself as an exceptional cavalry officer. He was a colonel on the eve of the United States' entry into World War I, when serious medical problems and racial intolerance denied him command and ended his career. Shellum's book seeks to restore a hero to the ranks of military history; at the same time, it informs our understanding of the role of race in the history of the American military."--Pub. desc.
9780803213852 0803213859
Univ of Nebraska Pr, C/O Longleaf Services Inc Po Box 8895, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 27515-8895 SAN 203-3151
2009035368
GBB009338 bnb
Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
United States. Army --Officers--Biography.
United States. Army --African American troops.
United States. Army.
African American soldiers--Biography.
African American soldiers.
Armed Forces--Officers.
Armed Forces--African American troops.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Biography.
E185.97.Y63 / S54 2010
355/.0092 B
Black officer in a Buffalo Soldier regiment : the military career of Charles Young / Brian G. Shellum. - xxi, 360 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
"A Bison original"--Page 4 of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-351) and index.
Awaiting orders -- First posting to Fort Robinson -- New start at Fort Duchesne -- Military instructor at Wilberforce -- Volunteer officer in the Spanish-American War -- Return to Fort Duchesne -- Fighting Guerillas in the Philippines -- Troop commander in
"An unheralded military hero, Charles Young (1864-1922) was the third black graduate of West Point, the first African American n Brian G. Shellum describes how, during his remarkable army career, Young was shuffled among the few assignments deemed suitable for a black officer in a white man's army - the Buffalo Soldier regiments, an African American college, and diplomatic posts in black republics such as Liberia. Nonetheless, he used his experience to establish himself as an exceptional cavalry officer. He was a colonel on the eve of the United States' entry into World War I, when serious medical problems and racial intolerance denied him command and ended his career. Shellum's book seeks to restore a hero to the ranks of military history; at the same time, it informs our understanding of the role of race in the history of the American military."--Pub. desc.
9780803213852 0803213859
Univ of Nebraska Pr, C/O Longleaf Services Inc Po Box 8895, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 27515-8895 SAN 203-3151
2009035368
GBB009338 bnb
Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
United States. Army --Officers--Biography.
United States. Army --African American troops.
United States. Army.
African American soldiers--Biography.
African American soldiers.
Armed Forces--Officers.
Armed Forces--African American troops.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Biography.
E185.97.Y63 / S54 2010
355/.0092 B