United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 24th (1869-1951)

found: Last of the Black regulars, 1983 (subj.)t.p. (24th Infantry Regiment (1869-1951))

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 [no publs. in LC database]. 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; organized in 1869 after consolidation of two other Black units, 38th and 41st Infantry Regiments)

found: U.S. Army Center of Military History, Force Structure Branch website, Apr. 12, 2011:24th Infantry Regiment page (constituted July 28, 1866 in the Regular Army as the 38th Infantry Regiment and organized Oct. 1, 1866 at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; consolidated March 1869 with the 41st Infantry Regiment and consolidated unit redesignated as the 24th Infantry Regiment; inactivated Oct. 1, 1951 in Korea; reorganized Aug. 16, 1995 as a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System; redesignated Oct. 1, 2005 as the 24th Infantry Regiment)