Buffalo Soldiers in Alaska
- ISBN-10
- 1496228863
- ISBN-13
- 9781496228864
- Category
- History
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- U of Nebraska Press
- Author
- Brian G. Shellum
Description
... coachman, assigned Company L, TwentyFourth Infantry; deserted October 16, 1900, Camp Skagway, Alaska Williams, ... private, “excellent”; enlisted November 23, Malabang, Philippines, assigned Company K, Twenty-Fifth Infantry, ...
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