Black officer in a Buffalo Soldier regiment : the military career of Charles Young / Brian G. Shellum.

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Main Author: Shellum, Brian G.
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2010], ©2010.
Subjects:
Young, Charles, > 1864-1922.
African American soldiers > Biography.
United States. > Army > Officers > Biography.
United States. > Army > African American troops.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xxi, 360 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Awaiting orders
  • First posting to Fort Robinson
  • New start at Fort Duchesne
  • Military instructor at Wilberforce
  • Volunteer officer in the Spanish-American War
  • Return to Fort Duchesne
  • Fighting Guerillas in the Philippines
  • Troop commander in San Francisco and Sequoia
  • Military attaché in Hispaniola
  • Garrison duty in the Philippines and Wyoming
  • Military assistance mission in Liberia
  • Chasing villa in Mexico
  • Retirement to Ohio
  • Final post in Liberia
  • Epilogue : coming home.