BUFFALO SOLDIERS

Enlisted History Resource Guide
Compiled by SNCOA Library Staff
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Internet Resources

Davis, Stanford L. Buffalo Soldiers and Indian Wars.
Available online at: http://www.buffalosoldier.net

 Schubert, Frank N. Buffalo Soldiers at San Juan Hill.
Available online at: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/documents/spanam/bssjh/bs-sjh.htm

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Books

Billington, Monroe Lee. New Mexico's Buffalo Soldiers, 1866-1900. Niwot, CO, University of Colorado Press, 1991. 258p.
Book call no.: 978.904 B598n YELLOW RESERVE

Dobak, William A. and Phillips,Thomas D. The Black Regulars, 1866-1898. Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Press, 2001. 360p.
 Book call no.: 355. 008996073 D232b YELLOW RESERVE

Field, Ron. Buffalo Soldiers, 1866-91. Oxford,  Osprey, 2004. 64p.
Book call no.:   355.008996073 F455b YELLOW RESERVE

Fowler, Arlen L. The Black Infantry in the West, 1869-1891. Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Press, 1996. 167p.
Book call no.: 973.894 F785b 1996 YELLOW RESERVE

Greene, Robert Ewell. Who Were the Real Buffalo Soldiers? Black Defenders of America. Ft. Washington, MD, R.E. Greene, 1994. 411p.
Book call no.: 355.008996073 G811w YELLOW RESERVE

Hargrove, Hondon B. Buffalo Soldiers in Italy: Black Americans in World War II. Jefferson, NC, McFarland, 1985. 199p.
Book call no.: 940.541273 H279b YELLOW RESERVE

Hogan, E.B. The Last Buffalo: Walter Potts and the 92nd "Buffalo" Division in World War I. Austin, Texas, Eakin Press, 2000. 92p.
Book call no.: 940.403 H714L YELLOW RESERVE

Kenner, Charles L. Buffalo Soldiers and Officers of the Ninth Cavalry, 1867-1898: Black & White Together. Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Press, 1999. 384p.
Book call no.: 355.008996073 K36b YELLOW RESERVE

Kinevan, Marcos E. Frontier Cavalryman: Lieutenant John Bigelow with the Buffalo Soldiers in Texas. El Paso, Texas, Texas Western Press, 1998. 338p.
Book call no.: 92 B5921k YELLOW RESERVE

Leckie, William H. The Buffalo Soldiers: A Narrative of the Negro Cavalry in the West. Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Press, 1967. 290p.
Book call no.: 355.8996073 L461b YELLOW RESERVE

Schubert, Frank N. Black Valor: Buffalo Soldiers and the Medal of Honor, 1870-1898. Wilmington, DE, Scholarly Resources, 1997. 231p.
Book call no.: 355.1342 S383b YELLOW RESERVE

Steward, T. G. (Theophilus Gould). Buffalo Soldiers: The Colored Regulars in the United States Army.  Amherst, NY, Humanity Books, 2003. 344p.
Book call no.: 973.308996073 S849b YELLOW RESERVE

Tucker, Phillip T. Cathy Williams: From Slave to Female Buffalo Soldier. Mechanicsburg, PA, Stackpole Books, 2002. 258p.
Book call no.: 92 W7222t YELLOW RESERVE

Wright, Kai. Soldiers of Freedom: An Illustrated History of African Americans in the Armed Forces.  New York, Black Dog & Leventhal, 2002. 294p.
Book call no.: 355.008996073 W951s YELLOW RESERVE


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Documents

Ingram, Kim Denise. The Roots of the Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in 1866 and Again in 1931-1940. Fort Leavenworth, KS, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 2 June 1995. 77p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022 I54r 

Johnson, Harry. Buffalo Soldiers: The Formation of the Ninth Cavalry Regiment: July 1866 - March 1867. Fort Leavenworth, KS, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1991. 105p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022 J67b 

McMiller, Anita Williams. Buffalo Soldiers: The Formation of the Tenth Cavalry Regiment from September 1866 to August 1867. Fort Leavenworth, KS, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1990. 103p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022 M1671b 

Wright, Reuben Leon. The Role of the Buffalo Soldiers During the Spanish-American War. Fort Leavenworth, KS, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 5 June 1992. 66p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022 W952 

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Periodicals

Bailey, Sedell. Buffalo Soldiers (Black Troopers of the 9th and 10th Cavalries Following the Civil War). Armor 83:9-12 January-February 1974.

Branson, Branley A. and Branson, Mary Lou. Ferment on the Frontier. World & I 13:187-197 February 1998.

Brantley, Bill. Black, White & Red: A Story of Black Cavalrymen in the West. Soldiers 36:44-48 June 1981.

Galloway, Joseph L. The Last of the Buffalo Soldiers (Army's Last All-Black Unit). U. S. News & World Report 120:45-46 May 6, 1996.

James, Michael. Buffalo Soldiers: Military Heroes in American History. Officer 80:44-45 January-February 2004.

Knapp, George E. Buffalo Soldiers 1866 through 1890. Military Review 72:65-71 July 1992.

McKenna, Pat. Forgotten Heroes: On the Trail of the Buffalo Soldier. Airman 39:38-43 July 1995.

Miles, Donna. They Ranged the Old West as Buffalo Soldiers. Soldiers 45:42-44 July 1990.

Pohoresky, William. Buffalo Soldiers in Black and White. Civil War Times Illustrated 37:40-45 February 1999.

Starr, Michelle. Buffalo Soldier. Army 31:41-43+ January 1981.

Vezina, Meredith R. In Limbo at Lockett. Retired Officer 50:28-32 February 1994.

Williams, Anthony R. The Buffalo Soldier Monument. Army 47:61-63 February 1997.

Williams, Robert. History of Black Cavalrymen in the West. Officer 72:109-110 February 1996.

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Related SNCOA Library Resource Guide:

African Americans in the Armed Forces.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/school/sncoa/aamer.htm

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