Buffalo soldiers were the name that two cavalry regiments and two infantry regiments were called, they were all African American

 The Army Reorganization Act of 1869  Maintained four all-black regiments  Passed by radical Republicans led by senator Henry Wilson of Massachusetts  There was the 9 th and 10 th cavalry regiment and a 24 th and 25 th infantry regiment  They spent the next three decades on the western frontier

 This regiment was stationed in Texas from 1869 to 1880  They were to fight off Indians over the Staked Plains  Served as a supply unit for various cavalry units in Texas and New Mexico.  They also needed to fight off horse thieves and guard strategic points

 24 th was made up of two regiments, the 38 th and the 41 st on November 1 st 1869  The regiment was originally made in the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War as a segregated unit  People in the regiment mostly made up of veterans of the U. S. Colored Troops or freed slaves  They served throughout the western United States while in activation

 They served from the 1866 to 1946  In 1870 the regiment was placed along the Mexican border and New Mexico for the next ten years  They provided border security, building roads and telegraph lines, and sometimes attacking Indian bands  The 25 th constructed over 1,000 miles of roads and 300 miles of telegraph wire all over west Texas

 In th was transferred to the Great Plains mostly in Dakota territory  Parts of the 25 th reg. took part in the last major Indian campaign, the Pine Ridge Campaign of  In 1894 several companies of the 25 th were deployed to break up a strike on the Northern Pacific Railroad it was quickly ended

 On the July 1, 1898 the colored regiments made and attack on El Caney  Men from the 25 th were the first on top of the summit  Private T.C. Butler of H company (25 th infant.) captured the Spanish flag  Officer from the 12 th infantry took credit for capturing the flag  Spanish surrendered on the 14 th of July, 25 th was closer to Santiago than all other regiments.

 From November 1944 to March 30, 1945, the 25 th infantry was involved in defensive actions around New Guinea  Regiment was transferred to Morotai Island where it arrived by April 12, 1945  They participated in offensive operations until the end of the war  Regiment was inactive at Camp Stonemen California on February 3, 1946

 The regiment was organized on September 21, 1866 in New Orleans  The men enlisted received $13 per month, plus rooming, boarding, and clothing  The men were enlisted for five years.  The horses that they got came from St. Louis, Missouri

 In 1898, the 9th regiment served in the Battle of Las Guasimas and the Battle of San Juan Hill  They rode alongside Roosevelt’s Rough Riders  In 1899 and in 1904 the 9 th cavalry joined with other cavalry and infantry formed a park system  They fought against Pancho Villa in Mexico in 1916

 9 th cavalry was assigned to the 3 rd Calvary Division and transferred to the 2 nd Calv. Div. to help in World War 2  The 9 th did not serve as a unit in that war.  They were later transferred to the Mediterranean to be of use to other units  The 9 th was discharged on March 7, 1944 in North Africa

 Colonel Benjamin Grierson founded the 10 th Calvary regiment in 1866  Life in camp(Fort Leavenworth) was not pleasant because their fort commander was a racist and did not want blacks in a regular army  He made life for them as difficult for them as could  Grierson had them transferred to Fort Riley

 For eight years they stationed at numerous forts throughout Kansas and Indian territory  Provided safety for workers on the Pacific Railroad  Helped string miles of telegraph lines, and help build Fort Sill  In 1867 to 1868 helped in Gen. Sherman’s Campaigns preventing Cheyenne Indians from fleeing the northwest  They were discharged in 1944

1. Who founded the 10 th cavalry regiment? 2. What 2 regiments are cavalry? 3. What 2 regiments are infantry? 4. How did the Buffalo Soldiers get their name? 5. How was the 10 th regiment treated in camp? 6. What infantry built 1,000 miles of roads and 300 miles of telegraph wire? 7. What cavalry regiment rode with the “Roosevelt Rough Riders” in a campaign? 8. Which regiment fought at El Caney? 9. What regiment was part of the “Park Rangers?” 10. What regiment took credit for the capturing of the Spanish flag even though they did not?