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Thanks, but no thanks: Black service in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Seminole wars
The Civil War and postwar occupation: "gentlemen, the question is settled; Negroes will fight"
New beginnings and new trials: creation, organization, and overview
A different kind of war: the Ninth Cavalry
"Ready and forward": the Tenth Cavalry
"'neath the coat of army blue": the Twenty-Fourth Infantry
Honest and faithful service: the Twenty-Fifth Infantry
Cuba, the Philippines, and Mexico
"Black is not a color of the rainbow": World War I
Epilogue: World War II and the Korean War.
The Civil War and postwar occupation: "gentlemen, the question is settled; Negroes will fight"
New beginnings and new trials: creation, organization, and overview
A different kind of war: the Ninth Cavalry
"Ready and forward": the Tenth Cavalry
"'neath the coat of army blue": the Twenty-Fourth Infantry
Honest and faithful service: the Twenty-Fifth Infantry
Cuba, the Philippines, and Mexico
"Black is not a color of the rainbow": World War I
Epilogue: World War II and the Korean War.