Buffalo Soldiers

Buffalo Soldiers

The Buffalo Soldiers Museum has been opened approximately for 4 years now. The purpose of the museum is to explain the history and outstanding contributions the buffalo soldiers have made for the United States of America.

The Buffalo Soldiers represented the first black professional solders in a peacetime army. The recruits came from several backgrounds including former slaves and veterans from service in the Civil War. These African Americans have served proudly in every great American war.

In 1866, they created six African American army units. The units were identified as the 9th and 10th cavalry and the 38th, 39th, 40th, and 41st infantry regiments. The white officers served with these regiments because the army would not let blacks command any troops.

The Buffalo Soldiers were around many thousands of people of every race who helped to build the United. These soldiers were Americans serving their country. The soldiers served there country with pride when their country treated them unfairly for there skin color

The Native Americans discovered the nickname for the soldiers. The Soldiers wore thick, furry buffalo hides in the wintertime. They were wrapped up with their dark skin and curly hair they reminded the Indians of buffalos. Also the Native Americans admired the strong and dentiful buffalo. The Buffalo Soldiers accepted their nickname with pride.

The Buffalo Soldiers Museum had an exhibits demonstrating how the soldiers dressed. During that period the Buffalo Soldiers wore flannel shirts and a blouse of dark blue with light blue trousers tucked into over the knee boots. The Buffalo Soldiers dressed for comfort in the filed. Most of the soldiers rode in their blue flannel shits. Some soldiers take off their shirts and ride in their gray knit undershirts. One of the common hats worn was a gray felt hat. Also, the civil war hat adorned with crossed sabers bearing regimental and troop designation. All the soldiers were armed with a 45- 70 rifle, a Cold Army 45, caliber pistol and a saber. The horse was outfitted with slouch campaign hat, black then a light grayish brown. The Buffalo Soldiers didn't have neckerchief but they wore one of there own color of choice. They sometimes had yellow more often than red or white. Each piece of the uniform was important especially for the men riding further back in the column needing protection from thick clouds of dust kicked up by the horses.

The Buffalo Soldiers Museum also had amazing paintings of the Soldiers in War. Each painting told a story. One painting shows a band of Buffalo Soldiers riding together on a patrol. The soldiers were riding across the Great Plains from the Dakotas to Texas, from Kansas to the Rocky Mountains the Buffalo Soldiers defend people, settlements, and livestock. In this painting the soldiers were patrolling the western deserts. They searched for outlaws who preyed upon the frontier dwellings. Another painting depicts a young Buffalo Soldier