Buffalo Soldiers Research Paper

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These soldiers fought in over 100 significant military engagements as America pushed ever westward, earning the nickname that symbolized their fighting bravery and fierceness: Buffalo Soldiers. Buffalo Soldier regiments were stationed at Texas forts stretching from the Panhandle to the Valley. Buffalo soldiers were people who served in the US military during the civil war. Many of these soldiers went on to fight in the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American War. Buffalo soldiers also served as some of the first caretakers of the national parks. According to popular lore, Native Americans coined the term “Buffalo Soldiers” either because the soldiers’ dark curly hair resembled a buffalo mane or because the soldiers fought like the
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