title: Fighting for Uncle Sam: Buffalo Soldiers in the Frontier Army
author:  John P. Langellier 
description: John P. Langellier received his BA and MA in History from the University of San Diego, and his PhD. from Kansas State University in Military History. He has written dozens of books and scores of articles related to American history.
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  Contents
  
  [Title Page](Buck_9781588360267_epub_tp_r1.htm)
  
  [Dedication](Buck_9781588360267_epub_ded_r1.htm)
  
  [Introduction](Buck_9781588360267_epub_itr_r1.htm)
  
  
  
  
  
  1. The Revolution
  
  
  
  
  
  2. The War of 1812
  
  
  
  
  
  3. The Civil War
  
  
  
  
  
  4. Buffalo Soldiers I
  
  
  
  
  
  5. Buffalo Soldiers II
  
  
  
  
  
  6. The World War
  
  
  
  
  
  7. The “New Negro” and the Spanish Civil War
  
  
  
  
  
  8. World War II
  
  
  
  
  
  9. Korea
  
  
  
  
  
  10. Vietnam
  
  
  
  
  
  11. Desert Storm
  
  
  [Epilogue](Buck_9781588360267_epub_epl_r1.htm)
  
  
  [Acknowledgments](Buck_9781588360267_epub_ack_r1.htm#ack)
  
  
  [Notes](Buck_9781588360267_epub_nts_r1.htm)
  
  [Images](Buck_9781588360267_epub_bm_r1_split_000.htm)
  
  [About the Author](Buck_9781588360267_epub_ata_r1.htm)
  
  [Also By Gail Buckley](Buck_9781588360267_epub_adc_r1.htm)
  
  [Copyright](Buck_9781588360267_epub_cop_r1.htm)
  
  
  
  
  
  Introduction
  
  As a World War II child, I was indelibly marked with a sense of American
  history as a 