Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Billington, Monroe Lee

New Mexico's buffalo soldiers, 1866-1900 / Monroe Lee Billington. - Niwot, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, c1991. - xvii, 258 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-247) and index.

Infantrymen and Indians, 1866-1869 --
Onfantry camp life, 1866-1869 --
The Calvary and the Indians, 1875-1878 --
Soldiers and civil disturbances, 1878-1879 --
Cavalrymen vesus Victorio, 1879-1881 --
Cavalry garrison life, 1875-1881 --
Soldiers at work: Fort Bayard, 1887-1896 --
Off-duty soldiers: Fort Bayard, 1887-1896 --
The final years, 1898-1900 --
Prejudice and discrimination.

Buffalo soldiers were black soldiers who served in the U.S. Army. Approximately 4000 served in the New Mexico Territory.

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United States Army --African American troops--History--19th century
United States Army Cavalry --History--19th century


African American soldiers--History--New Mexico--19th century
Frontier and pioneer life--New Mexico
Indians of North America--Wars--New Mexico--1866-1895


New Mexico--History--1848-

E185.93.N55 / B55 1991

978.904 Bil 48