Black officer in a Buffalo Soldier regiment : the military career of Charles Young / Brian G. Shellum.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2010]Copyright date: Description: xxi, 360 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780803213852
  • 0803213859
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Black officer in a Buffalo Soldier regimentDDC classification:
  • 355/.0092 B 22
LOC classification:
  • E185.97.Y63 S54 2010
Contents:
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
Summary: "An unheralded military hero, Charles Young (1864-1922) was the third black graduate of West Point, the first African American nSummary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-351) and index.

"A Bison original"--Page 4 of cover.

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.

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