World and I, February 1st, 1998
African American soldiers played an important role in Union regiments during the US Civil War and in expanding US land boundaries. Called Buffalo Soldiers, they fought under Generals Grant, Sheridan and Sherman, and helped bring about a short-lived peace treaty with the Indians of the Great Plains. They also assisted frontier judges and sheriffs in implementing law.
During the U.S. Civil War, over 150,000 black men enlisted in the Union forces. In July 1865, more than 123,000 of them were still in uniform, divided among about 150 regiments. As the army mustered out its veterans, black and whi...
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