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035 _a(OCoLC)435711184
037 _bUniv of Nebraska Pr, C/O Longleaf Services Inc Po Box 8895, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 27515-8895
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100 1 _aShellum, Brian,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aBlack officer in a Buffalo Soldier regiment :
_bthe military career of Charles Young /
_cBrian G. Shellum.
264 1 _aLincoln :
_bUniversity of Nebraska Press,
_c[2010]
264 4 _c
300 _axxi, 360 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, maps, portraits ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 339-351) and index.
500 _a"A Bison original"--Page 4 of cover.
505 0 _aAwaiting 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
520 _a"An unheralded military hero, Charles Young (1864-1922) was the third black graduate of West Point, the first African American n
520 _aBrian 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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