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Buffalo Soldier sites from 1860 to 1900 Image taken in 1898 of the 9th U.S. Cavalry.. Sources disagree on how the nickname "Buffalo Soldiers" began. According to the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum the name originated with the Cheyenne warriors in the winter of 1877, the actual Cheyenne translation being "Wild Buffalo".
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The 1997 television movie Buffalo Soldiers, starring Danny Glover, drew attention to their role in the military history of the United States. [57] Chris Bohjalian's The Buffalo Soldier, the 10th Cavalry Regiment is quoted in between chapters with George Rowe and his views on the Civil War. The author also wrote, "The Buffalo Soldier" in 2002. [58]
Texas Historical marker for the Buffalo Soldiers serving at Fort Elliott. Fort Elliott was a United States Army post in the Texas Panhandle, operational between 1875 and 1890 and named for Major Joel H. Elliott, a casualty of the Battle of Washita River in 1868.
Massacre Canyon in the Black Range mountains of New Mexico was the location where on September 18, 1879, Navajo Scouts attached to Company B and Company E of the U.S. Ninth Cavalry, composed of African American troopers known as Buffalo soldiers were ambushed by Victorio, war chief of the Warm Springs Apaches, and about 60 of his warriors.
This category includes Wikipedia articles of individual members and units of the United States Army that have come to be known as the Buffalo Soldiers. For more information, see Buffalo Soldier . Subcategories