Buffalo soldier, nickname given to members of African American cavalry regiments of the U.S. Army who served in the western United States from 1867 to 1896, mainly fighting Indians on the frontier.
Although several African-American regiments were raised during the Sources disagree on how the nickname "Buffalo Soldiers" began. In diary entries and letters, they told of how racism was widespread in the U.S. military. During the war, Ft Huachuca served as the home base of the Black 92nd and 93rd Infantry Divisions. The troops weren’t always in combat.
They were sent to the Philippines to help put down insurrections and also fought in the Spanish-American War.
Civilians in the areas where the soldiers were stationed occasionally reacted to them with violence.
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