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UNIT PROFILE – BLACK SOLDIERS IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN
"They fought their way into the hearts of the American people."
– Lieutenant John J. Pershing
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"They fought their way into the hearts of the American people."
– Lieutenant John J. Pershing
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In the small standing force maintained by the U.S. Army at the start of the War with Spain in 1898, a many Black soldiers served in the Army across four segregated regiments: the 9th and 10th Cav. and the 24th and 25th Inf. (collectively referred to as the Buffalo Soldiers).
The force committed to the land campaign in Cuba during the War with Spain had a total strength of about 15,000 men. Of its 26 regiments, three were composed of U.S. Volunteers while most were Regular Army regiments, including the four Buffalo Soldier regiments.
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SOLDIER PROFILE – BRIGADIER GENERAL CHARLES YOUNG, FIRST BLACK U.S. ARMY COLONEL
Despite the racism of his time, COL Young forged a stellar career in the late-19th to early-20th century U.S. Army, although promotion to BG was withheld from him for racist reasons.
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Despite the racism of his time, COL Young forged a stellar career in the late-19th to early-20th century U.S. Army, although promotion to BG was withheld from him for racist reasons.
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Born into slavery in 1864, Young grew up in Ohio and attended an integrated high school, where he excelled. He attended West Point, becoming the third Black cadet to graduate despite the hostility of many of his peers.
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Young served in the 9th and 10th Cav. at various western posts, rising to the rank of CPT. He taught military science at Wilberforce University, served two tours in the Philippines, became the first Black superintendent of a national park, and was a foreign military attaché.
In 1991, AUP published a four oral histories of #BuffaloSoldier veterans of the 10th Cavalry who served at Fort Leavenworth, 1931-1940. Henry Hollowell, Elmer Robinson, Julian Brown, and Lorn Brown shared their experiences of military service.
Link: armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/comb…
Link: armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/comb…
CWO Harry Hollowell enlisted as a private in 1936. His brother, Donald Hollowell, also served 10th Cavalry, but left military service in 1938 to pursue a legal career. Donald would later go on to serve as Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legal counsel.
Hollowell credited the 10th Cav with laying the groundwork for the work done at CGSC, “which shows that the country will never be at its best until it has all the groups, all the ethnic groups, of the nation making their contribution to the American way of life.”
