United States. Army. Cavalry, 9th
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found: Data from Urban Communications Group for Buffalo soldier [MP] 1981 (subj.)(U.S. Cavalry 9th Regiment)
found: Buffalo Soldier National Museum Web site, Jan. 18, 2008(through an act of Congress, legislation was adopted to create six all African American Army units. The units were identified as the 9th and 10th cavalry and the 38th, 39th, 40th, and 41st infantry regiments. The four infantry regiments were later reorganized to form the 24th and 25th infantry regiments; nickname buffalo soldiers began with the Cheyenne warriors in 1867. The actual Cheyenne translation was Wild Buffalo. The nickname was given out of respect and the fierce fighting ability of the 10th cavalry. Overtime, Buffalo Soldiers became a generic term for all African American soldiers)
found: LCCN 99033394: Kenner, C.L. Buffalo soldiers and officers of the Ninth Cavalry, 1867-1898, c1999.
found: U.S. Army Center of Military History website accessed May 31, 2019:The Army of the US Historical Sketches of Staff and Line with Portraits of Generals-in-Chief, Ninth Regiment of Cavalry (formed in 1866 under Major General Philip H. Sheridan) - https://history.army.mil/books/R&H/R&H-9CV.htm
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1982-02-24: new
2019-06-13: revised
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