Buffalo Soldiers Research Museum

Book List

Books

Abdul-Jabbar, K. and Walton, A. (2004) Brothers in arms: The epic...NYC:

Adler, B. (1971). The black soldier: From the American revolution to Vietnam. NYC: Morrow.

Altoff, G. T. & Lilck, R. O. (1996). Amongst my best men: African Americans and the war of 1812. NYC: The Perry Group.

Amos, P. E. (1974). Above and beyond in the west: Black medal of honor winners 1807-1890. Washington DC: Potomac Corral/The Westerns.

Aquila, R. L. & Aquila, M. (1999). Home front soldiers: The story of a GI and his Italian American family during world war 2. NYC: State University of NYC Press.

Trooper Louis D. Garrett, September 1999
Trooper Louis D. Garrett, September 1999

Archambault, A. (1995). Black soldiers in the civil war. Santa Barbara, CA: Bellerophon Books.

Astor, G. (1998). The right to fight: A history of African Americans in the military. Novato, CA: Presido Press.

Bachrach, D. (1991). The Spanish American war. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books.

Baker, V. J. (1997). Lasting valor: The story of the only living black ww2 veteran to earn America’s highest distinction for valor, the medal of honor. NYC: Bantam Books.

Barbeau, A. E., Henri, F., & Nalty, B. C. (1996) The unknown soldiers: African Americans in world war 1. Cambridge, NY: Da Capo Press.

Barth, C. (1999). Due reward: The true story of the buffalo soldiers. Tucson, AZ: Blue Horse Press.

Berlin, I. (ed.) (1983). The black military experience. NYC: Cambridge University Press.

Billington, M. (1991). New Mexico’s buffalo soldiers, 1866-1900. Niwot, CO: University of Colorado Press.

Billington, M. L. & Hardaway, R. D. (eds.) (1998) African Americans on the western frontier. Niwot, CO: University of Colorado Press.

Bobak, W. A. and Phillips, T. D. (2001). The black regulars, 1866-1898. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.

Bourke, J. G. (1998). General Crook in the Indian country. Palmer Lake, CO: The Filter Press.

Brandt, N. (1996). Harlem at war: The black experience in ww2. NYC: Syracuse University Press.

Buckley, G. L. (2001). American patriots: The story of blacks in the military from the revolution to desert storm. NYC: Random House.

Burton, A. T. (1999). Black, Buckskin & Blue: African American scouts & soldiers on the western frontier. Austin, TX: Eakin Publishers.

Carlson, P.H. (2003). The buffalo soldiers tragedy of 1877. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press.

Carroll, J. M. (ed.) (1972). The black military experience in the American west. NYC: Liveright Publishing Co.

Carroll, J. M. (1971). Buffalo soldiers west. Ft. Collins, CO: The Old Army Press.

Cashin, H. (1993). Under fire with the tenth US cavalry. Niwot, CO: University of Colorado Press.

Christian, G. L. (1995). Black soldiers in Jim Crow Texas, 1899-1910.College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press.

Converse, E. V. (1997). The exclusion of black soldiers from the medal of honor in world war 2: The study commissioned by the US army to investigate racial bias in the awarding of the nation’s highest military decoration. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co., Inc.

Copeland, M. (2002). Right proud, the buffalo soldier. Booklocker.com.

Cornish, D. T. (1987). The sable arm: Black troops in the union army 1861-1865. Lawrence, KS: Univesity Press of Kansas.

Cox, C. (1993). The forgotten heroes: The story of the buffalo soldiers. NYC: Scholastic Inc.

Cox, K. H. and Langellieer, J. P. (1996). Longknives: The US cavalry and other mounted forces 1845-1942. London: Greenhill Press.

Dobak, W. A. & Phillips, T. D. (2001) The black regulars – 1866-1898. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.

Emilio, L. F. (1990). A brave black regiment: History of the 54th regiment of Massachusetts volunteer infantry 1863-65. Manchester, NH: Ayer Co. Publishers.

Eppinga, J. (1996). Henry O. Flipper: West Point’s first black graduate. Plano, TX: Republic of Texas Press.

Fletcher, M. E. (1999). America’s first black general: Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. 1880-1970. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press.

Flipper, H. O. (1963). Negro frontiersman. EL Paso, TX: Western College Press.

Flipper, H. O. (1963). The western memoirs of Henry O. Flipper 1878-1916. EL Paso, TX: Western College Press.

Foner, J. D. (1974). Blacks and the military in American history. NYC: Praeger Publishers, Inc.

Fowler, A. L. (1971). The black infantry in the west, 1869-1891. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Co.

Gibran, D. K. (2002). The 92nd infantry division and the Italian campaign in world war 2. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co.

Glass, E.L. N (ed.) (1972). History of the tenth cavalry 1866-1921. Ft. Collins, The Old Army Press.

Goodman, C. R. (1996). Buffalo soldiers. Los Angeles, CA: Holloway House Publishing Co.

Greene, R. E. (1994). Who were the real buffalo soldiers: Black Defenders of America. Ft. Washington, MD: R. E. Greene Publisher.

Hargrove, H. B. (1985) Buffalo soldiers in Italy: Black Americans in world war 2. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co., Inc.

Harris, T. D. (ed.) (1997). Black frontiersman: The memoirs of Henry O. Flipper. Ft. Worth, TX: Texas Christian University Press.

Haskins, J. (1998). Black, blue and gray: African Americans in the civil war. NYC: Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing Division.

Higginson, T. W. (1960). Army life in a black regiment (and other writings). East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press.

Hilton, D. E. (1989). Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper: Buffalo soldier. Austin, TX: Texas University Station.

Hogan, E. B. (2000). The last buffalo: Walter E. Potts and the 92nd buffalo division in world war 1. Austin, TX: Eakin Press.

Hutton, P. A. (ed.) (1987). Soldiers west: Biographies from the military frontier. Lincoln, NB: University of Nebraska Press.

Jackson, F. (1972). The black man in America 1861-77. NYC: Franklin Watts, Inc.

Jackson, F. (1973). The black man in America 1877-1905. NYC: Franklin Watts, Inc.

Jackson, J. (1975). A social history of the tenth cavalry 1931-1941. Ft. Leavenworth, KS: US Army Command and General Staff College.

Johnson, H. (1991). Buffalo soldiers: The formation of the ninth cavalry regiment July 1866 -1867. Ft Leavenworth, KS: US Army Command and General Staff College.

Katz, W. L. (1995). Black women of the old west. NYC: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

Katz, W. L. (1987). The black west. Seattle, WA: Open Hand Publishing.

Katz, W. L. (1986). Black Indians: A hidden heritage. NYC: Simon and Schuster – Aladdin Paperbacks.

Kenner, C. L. (1999). Buffalo soldiers & officers of the ninth cavalry 1867-1898: Black & white together. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.

Kinevan, M. E. (1997). Frontier cavalryman: Lt. John Bigelow and the buffalo soldiers in Texas. El Paso, TX: Texas Western Press.

Kroenung, T. et al. (2000). Coolness and courage: A buffalo soldier play. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse.com Publisher.

Lamm, A. K. (1999). Five black preachers in army blue 1884-1901: The buffalo soldier chaplains. Lewiston, NYC: Edwin Mellen Publishers.

Lang, W. (1998). United States military almanac. London: Salamander Books, Ltd.

Langelier, M. L. (1998). Sound the charge: The U.S. cavalry in the American west 1866-1916. Mechansburg, PA: Stackpole Books.

Langelier, M. L. (1996). Longknives: The U.S. cavalry and other mounted forces 1845-1942. Mechansburg, PA: Stackpole Books.

Langelier, M. L. (1995). Bluecoats: The US army in the west 1848-1897.: Mechansburg, PA: Stackpole Books.

Lanning, M. L. (1997). The African American soldier: From Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell. Toronto, Ontario: Carol Publishing Group.

Leckie, W. H. (1967). The buffalo soldiers: A narrative of the Negro cavalry in the west. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.

Leiker, J. N. (2002). Racial borders: Black soldiers along the Rio Grande. Kingsville, TX: Texas A&M University Press.

Levenson, D. (1973). Women of the west. NYC: Franklin Watts, Inc.

Marszalek, J. F. (1994). Assault at West Point: The court martial of Johnson Whittaker. NYC: Macmillan Publishing Co.

McCracken, H. (ed.) (1960). Frederic Remington’s own west. NYC: Dial Press.

McGowen, T. (1995). Lonely eagles and buffalo soldiers: African Americans in world war 2. NYC: Grolier Publishing.

McGuire, P. (ed.). (1993). Taps for a Jim Crow army: Letters from black soldiers in world war 2. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press.

McMiller, A. W. (1990). Buffalo soldiers: The formation of the tenth cavalry regiment from September 1866 to August 1867. Ft. Leavenworth, KS: US Army Command and General Staff College.

McPherson, J. M. (1991). The Negro’s civil war. NYC: Ballantine Books.

Miller, E. A. Jr. (1998). The black civil war soldiers of Illinois: The story of the 29th US colored infantry. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press.

Miller, R. H. (1991). The buffalo soldiers: Book 2 reflections of a black cowboy series. Morristown, NJ: Silver Burdett Press.

Miller, R. H. (1998). The buffalo soldiers. Morristown, NJ: Silver Burdett Press.

Miller, R. H. (1994). Buffalo soldier: The story of Emanuel Stance. Morristown, NJ: Silver Burdett Press.

Morehouse, M. M. (2000). Fighting in the Jim Crow army: Black men and women remember world war 2. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.

Morrow, C. J. (1997). What’s a commie ever done to black people? A Korean war memoir of fighting in the US army’s last all Negro unit. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co.

Motley, M. P. (ed.) (1987). The invisible soldier: The experience of the black soldier- world war 2. Detroit, MI: Wayne State Press.

Nalty, B. C. (1986). Strength for the fight: A history of black Americans in the military. NYC: Free Press.

Nalty, B. C. and MacGregor, M. J. (1981). Blacks in the military: Essential documents. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc.

Nankivell, J. H. (2001). Buffalo soldier regiment: History of the 25th US infantry 1869-1926. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.

Prebble, J. (1959). The buffalo soldiers. NYC: Harcourt, Brace and Co.

Porter, K. W. (1971). The negro on the American frontier. NYC: Arno Press.

Ramsey-Palmer, P. (--). Young troops: Stories of army children on the frontier. Tucson, AZ: Southwest Parks and Monuments.

Ravage, J. W. (1997). Black pioneers: Images of the black experience on the North American frontier. Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press.

Reef, C. (1993). Buffalo soldiers. NYC: Twenty-first Century Press.

Remington, F. (1974). A scout with the buffalo soldiers. Palmer Lake, CO: The Filter Press.

Ricks, L. (1993). A buffalo soldier’s legacy: Ready and forward. Tucson, AZ: Buffalo Soldier Press.

Robinson, C. M. III. (1994). The court martial of Lt. Henry O. Flipper. El Paso, TX: Texas Western Press.

Robinson, R. (1996). Jackie Robinson: An intimate portrait. NYC: Abrams, Inc.

Robinson, S. (2001). Jackie’s nine: Jackie Robinson’s values to live by. NYC: Scholastic Inc.

St. John, A. T. (1990). Buffalo soldiers: The 92nd infantry division and reinforcements in world war 2, 1942-45. Manhattan, KS: Sunflower University Press

Sance, M. M. Jr. (1994). The Afro-American Texans. San Antonio, TX: The University of Texas Press.

Sandler, S. (1992). Segregates skies: All black combat squadrons of world war 2. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institute Press.

Schisel, L. (1995). Black frontiers: A history of African American heroes in the old west. NYC: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Schubert, F. N. (1993). Buffalo soldiers, braves and the brass: The story of Ft. Robinson, Nebraska. Shippensburg, PA: The White Mane Publishing Company.

Schubert, F. N. (1995). On the trail of the buffalo soldier: Biographies of African Americans in the US army 1966-1917. Wilmington, DE: Wilmington Scholarly Resources, Inc.

Schubert, F. N. (1997). Black valor: Buffalo soldiers and the medal of honor. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Books.

Schubert, F. N. (2002). Voices of the buffalo soldier: Records, recollections of military life and service in the west. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.

Scott, E.J. (1919). The American Negro in the world war. (A CD-Rom version of this book was published by Afchron.com in 2000.)

Scott, E. V. Z. (1996). The unwept: Black American soldiers and the Spanish-American war. Montgomery, AL: River City Publishers.

Sorensen, G. N. (2000). Iron riders: Story of the buffalo soldier bicycle corps .Missoula, MT: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co.

St. John, A. T. (1991). Buffalo soldiers: The 92nd infantry division and reinforcements in world war 2, 1942-1945. Manhattan, KS: Sunflower University Press.

Stile, T. J. (ed.) (1996). In their own words: Warriors and pioneers. NYC: Berkeley Publishing.

Stovall, T. (1997). Buffalo soldiers – African American achievers. Philadelphia, PA: Chelsea House Publishers.

Taylor, Q. (1998). In search of the racial frontier: African Americans in the American west. NYC: W. W. Norton and Co.

Terry, W. (1984). Bloods: An oral history of the Viet Nam war. NYCC: Bantam Books.

Traywick, B. Y. (1972). Thunder fort: The story of Ft. Huachuca. Tombstone, AZ: ---.

Tucker, P.T. (2002). Cathy Williams: From slave to buffalo soldier. Mechanicsville, PA: Stackpole Books.

Tygiel, J. (1997). The Jackie Robinson reader. NYC: Plume Books.

Utley, R. M. (1984). Frontier regulars: The United States army and the Indian 1866-1891. NYC: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.

Whitman, S. E. (--). The troopers: An informed history of the plains cavalry 1865-1890. NYC: Hostings House Publishing.

Willard, T. (1996). Buffalo soldiers. NYC: Forge Books.

Wright, K. (2002). Soldiers of freedom: An illustrated history of African Americans in the armed forces. NYC: Black Dog-Leventhal Publishers.

Yount, L. (1997). Frontiers of freedom: African Americans in the west. NYCC: Facts on File, Inc.

INTERNET RESOURCES

International Museum of the Horse, The buffalo soldiers on the western frontier.
http://www.imh.org/imh/buf/buftoc.html

Davis, S. L. Buffalo soldiers and Indian wars
http://www.buffalosoldier.net

Medinaviles, I and others. Buffalo soldiers defended western frontier.
http://www.epcc.edu/ftp/Homes/monicaw/borderlands/18_buffalo_soldiers.htm

Schubert, F. N. Buffalo soldiers at San Juan Hill
http://army.mil/cmh-pg/documents/spanam/bssjh/bs-sjh.htm

PERIODICALS

Bailey, S. (Jan. – Feb. 1974). Buffalo Soldiers (Black Troopers of the 9th and 10th Cavalries Following the Civil War). Armor 83:9-12.

Branson, B.A. and Branson, M.L. (Feb. 1998). Ferment on the Frontier. World and I. 13: 187-197.

Brantley, B. (June 1981). Black, White and Red: A Story of Black Cavalrymen in the West. Soldiers. 36: 44-48.

Finlay, J. P. (1993). Buffalo Soldiers at Huachuca: Military events in the American southwest from 1910-1916. Huachuca Illustrated: A Magazine of the Ft. Huachuca Museum.

Finlay, J. P. (1996). Buffalo Soldiers at Huachuca: Military lifestyles in the southwest, 1917-1930. Huachuca Illustrated: A Magazine of the Ft. Huachuca Museum.

Finlay, J. P. (1996). Buffalo Soldiers at Huachuca - the end of an era: Military life along the border from 1930-1939. Huachuca Illustrated: A Magazine of the Ft. Huachuca Museum.

Galloway, J. L. (May 6, 1996). The Last of the Buffalo Soldiers Army’s Last All-Black Unit). U.S. News and World Report, 120: 45-46. Keefe, IV, M. A. (Oct. 1992). The Buffalo Soldiers Rides Forever. American Rifleman.

Kelly, T. (Sept. 15, 1991). Heroes of the Plains Garner Yet Another Honor. The Washington Times.

Knapp, G. E. (July 1992). Buffalo Soldiers, 1866 through 1890. Military Review. 65-71.

Longacre, E. G. (1979). A Philadelphia Aristocrat with the Buffalo Soldiers. Journal of the West. XVIII, 2, 79-84.

Mc Kenna, P. (July 1995). Forgotten Heroes: On the Trail of the Buffalo Soldier. Airman 39:38-43.

Miles, D. (July 1990). They Ranged the Old West as Buffalo Soldiers. Soldiers. 45: 42-44.

Pohoresky, W. (Feb. 1999). Buffalo Soldiers in Black and White. Civil War Times Illustrated. 37: 40-45.

Starr, M. (Jan. 1981). Buffalo Soldiers. Army. 31: 41-43.

Vezinz, M. R. (Feb. 1994). In Limbo at Lockett. Retired Officer. 50: 28-32.

Williams, A. R. (Feb. 1997). The Buffalo Soldier Monument. Army. 47: 61-63.

Williams, R. (Feb. 1996). History of Black Cavalrymen in the West. Officer. 72: 109-110.

For additional information contact –

George Hicks III, Curator
The Buffalo Soldiers Research Museum
P.O. Box 531187
Indianapolis, IN 46253 317/388-8126
www.buffalosoldiersresearchmuseum.org

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