Black Valor: Buffalo Soldiers And The Medal Of Honor, 1870-1898; Author: Schubert, Frank N.; Hardback; Book

Author: Schubert, Frank N.
Hardback; Book; Halftones, Maps, Index
184 pages
Published: June 1997
Scholarly Resources
ISBN: 0842025863

They were U.S. army officers. Just a few years earlier, some had been slaves. Several thousand African Americans served as soldiers in the Indian Wars and in the Cuban campaign of the Spanish-American War in the latter part of the nineteenth century. They were known as buffalo soldiers, believed to have been named by Indians who had seen a similarity between the coarse hair and dark skin of the soldiers and the coats of the buffalo. Twenty-three of these men won the nation's highest award for personal bravery, the Medal of Honor. Their remarkable stories -- derived from extensive historical research -- are told in this collected biography. Black Valor will enrich and inspire readers.Derived from historical research, this text focuses on the lives of the African American buffalo soldiers, 23 of whom won America's highest award for personal bravery - the Medal of Honour.