Black
Soldiers in Jim Crow Texas, 1899-1917
by Garna L. Christian
Hardcover: 223 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.96 x
9.32 x 6.43
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press; (June 1995)
ISBN: 0890966370
The
Black Troopers: Or, the Daring Heroism of the Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American
War
by Miles Vandahurst Lynk (AMS Press, 1971); Hardcover.
Hardcover: 163 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.50 x
7.25 x 5.25
Publisher: AMS Press; (June 1971)
ISBN: 0404001963
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A Brave Black Regiment: The History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment
of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1863-1865
by Luis F. Emilio, Louis F. Emilio, Gregory J. W. Urwin
Listed under Civil War Massachusetts
Black,
Buckskin, and Blue: African-American Scouts and Soldiers on the Western
Frontier
by Art. T. Burton, Arthur T. Burton
The
Buffalo Soldiers : A Narrative of the Negro Cavalry in the West
by William H. Leckie
(Paperback - December 1999)
Buffalo
Soldiers & Officers of the Ninth Calvary, 1867-1898: Black & White
Together
by Charles L. Kenner
The
Forgotten Heroes: The Story of the Buffalo Soldiers
by Clinton Cox
Black
Valor: Buffalo Soldiers and the Medal of Honor, 1870-1898
by Frank N. Schubert
Black
Southerners in Confederate Armies
by J. H. Segars (Editor), Charles K. Barrow (Editor)
Book Description: For modern readers, the thought of African Americans
serving within Confederate armies seems beyond comprehension and reason--and
a paradox that contradicts all we thought we knew about the Civil War.
Yet, this fine work presents historical accounts about African Americans
who served within Confederate armies and includes photos and illustrations.
Publisher: Southern Lion Books Inc; (May 1, 2001)
Where
Death & Glory Meet: Col Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts
Infantry
by Russell Duncan
Publisher: University of Georgia Press; (November 1999)
The
Negro in the Civil War
by Benjamin Quarles, William S. McFeely (Designer), McFeeky William
S (Illustrator)
Slaves,
Sailors, Citizens: African Americans in the Union Navy
by Steven J. Ramold
Publisher: Northern Illinois Univ Pr; (January 2002)
American
Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolution
to Desert Storm
Lay
This Laurel
by Lincoln Kirstein (Compiler), Richard Benson
Book Description: One of the most compelling Civil War stories
is that of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment, made up of African-American soldiers
who volunteered for the Union Army. Their heroic but futile battle at Fort
Wagner was memorialized by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens in Boston Common
in 1897. Both the commemorative book and limited-edition volume depict
the monument in stirring detail while celebrating its 100-year anniversary.
For photography connoisseurs and Civil War buffs. First Edition, 1973
Blue-Eyed
Child of Fortune: The Civil War Letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
by Robert Gould Shaw, Russell Duncan (Editor), William S. McFeely
Iron
Riders: Story of the Buffalo Soldier Bicycle Corps
by George Niels Sorensen
Book Description: This is the lively story of the only bicycle corps
the U.S. Army ever authorized. Using buffalo soldiers, this 1890s African-American
unit conducted drills and exercises on wheels. They rode into Northern
Montana on muddy trails and toured Yellowstone on their 100-pound iron
bicycles. As proof of their capabilities, these Iron Riders pedaled 1,900
miles from Ft. Missoula, across the snow-dusted Rocky Mountains and steamy
Great Plains, to St. Louis. As they approached the city over 1,000 civilian
bicyclists rode out to escort them into town in a great parade. Learn more
about the adventures of this little known buffalo soldier unit and fascinating
details about this era in America. Well researched and a good read. Full
of rare pictures and drawings.
Publisher: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co. Inc.; (June 1, 2000)
The
Buffalo Soldier
by Chris A. Bohjalian
(Paperback - February 2003)
The
Buffalo Soldiers (African American Achievers)
by Taressa Stovall
(Paperback - August 1997)
The
Forgotten Heroes: The Story of the Buffalo Soldiers
by Clinton Cox
(Paperback - March 1996)
Frontier
Cavalryman: Lieutenant John Bigelow With the Buffalo Soldiers in Texas
by Marcos E. Kinevan
Synopsis
In 1877 John Bigelow, Jr., and seventy-five other cadets graduated
from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, after
which he chronicled his experiences, observations, opinions, and musings
as a young Cavalry lieutenant in Texas. The author uses these, supplemented
by other sources, in a unique way to present an informative, brisk-paced,
and entertaining perspective of frontier Army life in a black regiment
and the challenges confronting officers and soldiers in the nation's relentless
drive westward.
Sixty of the new lieutenants, including Bigelow and seventeen others
who were assigned to companies of "Buffalo Soldiers," soon departed for
the amorphous frontier where they were scattered over numerous small and
often ramshackle posts and camps. With the threat of another war with Mexico
in the background, they went about their duties of training soldiers; exploring
and patrolling vast and mostly uninhabitied "wilderness" areas; protecting
the mail, travelers, settlers, and others; building and maintaining roads,
telegraph lines, and military posts; and enforcing federal laws and policies.
The work was usually arduous, occasionally dangerous, and seldom glorious.
Yet the value to the nation of what they accomplished was immense.
Upon reporting to Fort Duncan, a small post on the Rio Grande, Bigelow
was appointed commanding officer of Company B, 10th Cavalry. Several weeks
later a rash of Indian raids in the trans-Pecos region led to the transfer
of his company to Fort Stockton, where scouting for illusive marauders
became his principal duty. He also became increasingly immersed in courts-martial,
not only as a prosecutor and court member but also as a witness in two
officer cases, one of which rocked the entire Army. To provide his testimony
he was required to spend more than five months in San Antonio where he
devoted much of his time to social activities that usually involved young
ladies he found intellectually attractive. As 1879 drew to a close so did
his initial frontier experience, as orders arrived for him to report to
West Point to teach French.
In addition to providing a comprehensive view of Army life in the late-1870s,
including the social practices and prevailing Victorian customs, the author
addresses several collateral matters. These include why all the African-American
regiments were stationed in the hottest parts of the country; the attitudes
toward blacks and how they changed when black and white soldiers, side
by side, fought a common foe in defining battles such as Milk Creek and
later in Cuba; and how the accomplishments of African-American troopers
helped accelerate desegregation, in which the armed forces have had a leading
role. Also considered are the results of sending poorly prepared officers
and men to fight in unconventional conflicts, which soon led to more relevant
training and increased professionalism; how desertion-inciting practices
such as requiring heavy woolen uniforms in sweltering climates, living
in cramped and substandard barracks, and subsisting on unpalatable rations
prepared by unqualified cooks eventually resulted in changes that made
enlisted service far more attractive; and how the obsolete military justice
system developed into a model of fairness far in advance of its civilian
counterparts.
Hardcover: 356 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.25 x
9.75 x 6.75
Publisher: Texas Western Press; 1st edition (1999)
ISBN: 0874042437
New
Mexico's Buffalo Soldiers, 1866-1900
Monroe Lee Billington
(Paperback - December 1994)
On
the Trail of the Buffalo Soldier: Biographies of African Americans in the
U.S. Army, 1866-1917
Frank N. Schubert
The
Sable Arm: Black Troops in the Union Army, 1861-1865
by Dudley Taylor Cornish, Herman Hattaway
Book Description: A bona fide classic, The Sable Arm was the first work
to fully chronicle the remarkable story of the nearly 180,000 black troops
who served in the Union army. This work paved the way for the exploration
of the black military experience in other wars. This edition, with a new
foreword by Herman Hattaway and bibliographical essay by the author, makes
available once again a pioneering work that will be especially useful for
scholars and students of Civil War, black, and military history.
Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas; Reprint edition (March 1990)
"Smoked
Yankees" and the Struggle for Empire: Letters from Negro Soldiers, 1898-1902
by Willard B. Gatewood, Jr., ed.
Paperback: 328 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.93 x
8.99 x 6.06
Publisher: Univ of Arkansas Pr; Reprint edition (August
1987)
ISBN: 0938626884
The
Unwept: Black American Soldiers and the Spanish-American War
by Edward Van Zile Scott
Hardcover: 240 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.91 x
7.82 x 6.08
Publisher: River City Publishing ; (February 1996)
ISBN: 1881320626
Voices
of the Buffalo Soldier: Records, Reports, and Recollections of Military
Life and Service in the West
by Frank N. Schubert
Book Description: The Buffalo Soldiers were African Americans who served
in the Regular Army between the Civil War and World War I and fought in
some of the most difficult wars against western Indians. Examining their
military service, their social lives, and their interactions with western
civilian communities, it uses the words of the soldiers themselves and
of contemporary observers, some friendly and some not.
Voices of the Buffalo Soldier draws on a wide variety of periodicals,
military records, and letters. It covers such key topics as the legislative
origin of the inclusion of black soldiers in the army, the campaigns in
which the Buffalo Soldiers fought, their daily lives and interactions with
white communities, the few black chaplains and line officers who were permitted
to serve, and the bravery of some Buffalo Soldier heroes. All students
of the frontier army as well as aficionados with a special interest in
the Buffalo Soldiers will find this an invaluable publication.
"The first work that presents the correspondence and their primary documents
pertaining to black soldiers’ lives in the West."—Quintard Taylor,
University of Washington
Hardcover from University of New Mexico Press
Book Published: January, 2003 |
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