Black Officer in a Buffalo Soldier Regiment: The Military Career of Charles Young
- ISBN-10
- 0803230222
- ISBN-13
- 9780803230224
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 412
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-02-01
- Publisher
- U of Nebraska Press
- Author
- Brian Shellum
Description
An unheralded military hero, Charles Young (18641922) was the third black graduate of West Point, the first African American national park superintendent, the first black U.S. military attachÉ, the first African American officer to command a Regular Army regiment, and the highest-ranking black officer in the Regular Army until his death. Black Officer in a Buffalo Soldier Regiment tells the story of the man who-willingly or not-served as a standard-bearer for his race in the officer corps for nearly thirty years, and who, if not for racial prejudice, would have become the first African American general.
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