Spring 2012 - Camp Douglas Restoration Foundation
... Naval War Records Office, of 118,044 enlistments during the Civil War 29,511 were African Americans. Examining the muster records of Federal vessels New Hampshire, Argosy and Avenger 26% of the total crew of 1150 were Negro sailors. A review of additional war ships by Herbert Aptheker revealed that ...
... Naval War Records Office, of 118,044 enlistments during the Civil War 29,511 were African Americans. Examining the muster records of Federal vessels New Hampshire, Argosy and Avenger 26% of the total crew of 1150 were Negro sailors. A review of additional war ships by Herbert Aptheker revealed that ...
THE TIDE OF WAR TURNS Section 1
... Medal of Honor for his bravery in recovering the Union colors at Fort Wagner. ...
... Medal of Honor for his bravery in recovering the Union colors at Fort Wagner. ...
April 2008 - buffalo soldiers research museum
... What happen before Congress authorized these all-black units on July 28, 1866? How many black soldiers from the Civil War joined these units? How many white officers served with them? What were their motivations –both soldiers and officers? We continued to travel west from Ohio to Indianapolis where ...
... What happen before Congress authorized these all-black units on July 28, 1866? How many black soldiers from the Civil War joined these units? How many white officers served with them? What were their motivations –both soldiers and officers? We continued to travel west from Ohio to Indianapolis where ...
African Americans During The Civil War
... served in the Union Army during the Civil War • More served in the Union Navy ...
... served in the Union Army during the Civil War • More served in the Union Navy ...
Buffalo Soldier
Buffalo Soldiers originally were members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, formed on September 21, 1866 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. This nickname was given to the ""Negro Cavalry"" by the Native American tribes they fought; the term eventually became synonymous with all of the African American regiments formed in 1866: 9th Cavalry Regiment 10th Cavalry Regiment 24th Infantry Regiment 25th Infantry RegimentAlthough several African American regiments were raised during the Civil War as part of the Union Army (including the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and the many United States Colored Troops Regiments), the ""Buffalo Soldiers"" were established by Congress as the first peacetime all-black regiments in the regular U.S. Army.On September 6, 2005, Mark Matthews, who was the oldest living Buffalo Soldier, died at the age of 111. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.