Buffalo Soldiers: The Colored Regulars in the United States Army
Buffalo Soldiers: The Colored Regulars in the United States Army (Classics in Black Studies) T. G. Steward, Frank N. Schubert (Foreword)
Publisher: Humanity Books
ISBN: 1591021073
Edition: Paperback; 2003-09
Summary:
On the American frontier, African American units of the U.S.
Army--nicknamed "Buffalo Soldiers" by their Indian opponents--were
renowned for their fortitude, courage, and ability to handle
difficult assignments. Despite such respect in the military, by the
end of the nineteenth century Black civilians were still being
subjected to Jim Crow laws, lynchings, and continuous discrimination.
At this same time newspapers were reporting glowing accounts of the
heroism of four Black regiments during the Spanish-American War. In
an effort to bolster Black pride and stem the increasing racism of
the age, Dr. T.G. Steward (1843-1924), chaplain of the U.S. Army's
Twenty-fifth Infantry, requested and received permission from the
army to publish this fascinating account of the Black soldier's
military service in Cuba. After summarizing the African American
contribution to all of the wars and conflicts leading up to the
Spanish-American War, Steward concentrates on the war in Cuba. Among
the intriguing episodes recounted are the rescue of the Rough Riders
led by Theodore Roosevelt, the capture of the stone fort at El Caney,
the service of the Black infantrymen as volunteer nurses in the
yellow fever camps, and long excerpts from the diary of Medal of
Honor winner E.L. Baker of the Tenth Cavalry. Enhanced by an
extensive foreword from Frank N. Schubert, former chief of Joint
Operational History for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and an expert on
the Buffalo Soldiers, this work remains a model of careful narrative
history and still the single best source of information on the role
of the Black soldiers in the war against Spain.
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