Black valor : buffalo soldiers and the Medal of Honor, 1870-1898 / Frank N. Schubert.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Pub., Inc., 2009.Description: xi, 231 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781442201934
  • 1442201932
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 355.0097
LOC classification:
  • E185.925 .S43 2009
Contents:
Buffalo Soldier recepients of the Medal of Honor -- Two traditions: the Medal of Honor and black valor -- Emanuel Stance and the emergence of the black professional soldier -- The Seminole Negro scouts -- The Apache wars, 1877-1879 -- Henry Johnson and the Ute war -- The Apache wars continue, 1880-81 -- The Wham paymaster robbery -- William McBryar and the end of the Indian wars in the south -- William Wilson and the end of the Indian wars in the north -- Four cavalrymen in Cuba -- Edward Baker and the limits of upward mobility -- The recognition of black valor.
Summary: They were Army soldiers. Just a few years earlier, some had been slaves. Several thousand African Americans served as soldiers in the Indian Wars and in the Cuban campaign of the Spanish-American War in the latter part of the nineteenth century. They were known as buffalo soldiers, believed to have been named by Indians who had seen a similarity between the coarse hair and dark skin of the soldiers and the coats of the buffalo. Twenty-three of these men won the nation's highest award for personal bravery, the Medal of Honor. Black Valor brings the lives of these soldiers into sharp focus.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-219) and index.

Buffalo Soldier recepients of the Medal of Honor -- Two traditions: the Medal of Honor and black valor -- Emanuel Stance and the emergence of the black professional soldier -- The Seminole Negro scouts -- The Apache wars, 1877-1879 -- Henry Johnson and the Ute war -- The Apache wars continue, 1880-81 -- The Wham paymaster robbery -- William McBryar and the end of the Indian wars in the south -- William Wilson and the end of the Indian wars in the north -- Four cavalrymen in Cuba -- Edward Baker and the limits of upward mobility -- The recognition of black valor.

They were Army soldiers. Just a few years earlier, some had been slaves. Several thousand African Americans served as soldiers in the Indian Wars and in the Cuban campaign of the Spanish-American War in the latter part of the nineteenth century. They were known as buffalo soldiers, believed to have been named by Indians who had seen a similarity between the coarse hair and dark skin of the soldiers and the coats of the buffalo. Twenty-three of these men won the nation's highest award for personal bravery, the Medal of Honor. Black Valor brings the lives of these soldiers into sharp focus.

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