Buffalo Soldiers are Real?

What is a Buffalo Soldier? People will likely respond with something like, “African American that kill Buffalos and sell them?” But they are not what you think they are. The Buffalo Soldier’s main charge was to protect settlers as they moved west and to support the westward expansion by building the things needed for new settlements. They fought in indian wars and started in the civil war.

The Buffalo Soldiers fought in the Indian wars, Johnson County war, Spanish–American War, including the Battle of San Juan Hill. “From 1866 to the early 1890s, these regiments served at a variety of posts in the Southwestern United States and the Great Plains regions. They participated in most of the military campaigns in these areas and earned a distinguished record.” For more info go to http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/who-were-the-buffalo-soldiers Thirteen enlisted men and six officers from these four regiments earned the Medal of Honor during the Indian Wars. The Buffalo Soldiers served a variety of roles along the frontier from building roads to escorting the U.S. mail.

The Buffalo Soldiers got their name from the Native Americans. They fought out on very open grasslands of the great plains. They were stationed at Fort Leavenworth and they participated lots of fights around Kansas and that's how they got their name.

There is a museum in Fort Leavenworth and has artifacts and things that they actually used way back in those days. They have guns, cloths, and many other things that they used. Houston, Texas has a museum that talks about everything that the Buffalo Soldiers did and what happened to everyone.

For more information of the historical sites go to http://buffalosoldiermuseum.com/ and http://buffalosoldiermuseum.com/brief-history/

http://www.buffalosoldiers-amwest.org/history.htm

http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/who-were-the-buffalo-soldiers

http://www.historynet.com/buffalo-soldiers

http://www.sandiegobuffalosoldiers.org/history.html