Buffalo soldiers were African American soldiers who mainly served on the Western frontier following the American Civil War. In 1866, six all-Black cavalry and infantry regiments were created after Congress passed the Army Organization Act. Their main tasks were to help control the Native Americans of the Plains, capture cattle rustlers and thieves and protect settlers, stagecoaches, wagon trains and railroad crews along the Western front.
No one knows for certain why, but the soldiers of the all-Black 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments were dubbed “buffalo soldiers” by the Native Americans they encountered.
One theory claims the nickname arose because the soldiers’ dark, curly hair resembled the fur of a buffalo. Another assumption is the soldiers fought so valiantly and fiercely that the Indians revered them as they did the mighty buffalo.
Whatever the reason, the name stuck, and African American regiments formed in 1866, including the 24th and 25th Infantry (which were consolidated from four regiments) became known as buffalo soldiers.
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The Buffalo Soldiers offered a wide array of skills during their deployment. Not only were they soldiers but in May and June 1870, the entire regiment went in bivouac for the last time as a unit for many years to come after which they were scattered to numerous posts in West Texas. They established and operated a lumber camp and sawmill, managed food and supply routes, built roads, buildings, telegraph lines, and carried out scouting functions while engaging in conflicts with various warring factions. Many of the men in These regiments, commanded primarily by white officers, were among the approximately 180,000 African Americans who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. For more than two decades in the late 19th century, the 9th and 10th cavalries engaged in Military campaigns against hostile Native Americans on the Plains and across the Southwest. These buffalo soldiers also captured horse and cattle thieves, built roads And protected the U.S. mail, stagecoaches and wagon trains, all while contending with Challenging terrain, inadequate supplies and discrimination.
Improve the character of communities by providing opportunities for AT-RISKS youth to learn from
experience, virtues, and inspiring ways of Buffalo Soldiers in an organized, professional, and integrated
setting.
Buffalo Soldiers, Resurrected Order 1997 is a mentoring, non-profit, organization.
We are thoroughly involved in the endeavor to deliver positive education to our children.
Children will receive instruction from Buffalo Soldier Mentors, possessing expertise in the following
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Entrepreneurship, Public Speaking, and more subjects to be announced.
Children and Teenagers are welcome, ages six (6) through seventeen (17) with Parent/Guardian
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All Uniformed Officers, Cadets/Troopers shall maintain Certification in First Aid and/or CPR.