Publication

1997 - SR Books, Wilmington, Del, Delaware

Language

English

Word Count

57,750 words, Guess

Page Count

231 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number96029897
  • LibraryThing2476901
  • Goodreads555252

Classifications

  • DDC355.1/342/08996073
  • LCCE185.925 .S43 1997

Description

They were Army soldiers. 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. Black Valor brings the lives of these soldiers into sharp focus.

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Other Editions

  • Black valor: buffalo soldiers and the Medal of Honor, 1870-1898SR Books1997-01-01

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