New books centers on "Buffalo Soldiers", runaway slaves recruited in US southwest

[Rowdyboy]

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwbooks/article/Robert-A-Miless-New-Book-Reveals-the-History-of-the-American-Southwest-20140107

Twenty-two years in the making, this book is the first printing of the R.A. Miles Collection of the Southwest history. It is a story of heroism and bravery of all the soldiers, but most of all, the men of the 8th, 9th, and 10th cavalries whom the Indians named the Buffalo Soldiers, the fiercest fighting army they were ever to face. All of them, from the highest rank to the lowest were slaves, runaway slaves, freed slaves who voluntarily offered their lives for a cause and for a country that they believed in and willing to die for. They all came west through the Underground Railroad, created by Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, While all the while being chased by Bounty Hunters and local Peace Officers for the reward money, while trying to reach an Army Fort in New Mexico. Most made it!

A Growing Nation recounts both favorable and adverse events that are needed to be told. It is a reality based history that will stir the interest of readers. As it shares an impartial and sometimes disconcerting portrayal of the expanding United States westward, it also constantly reminds everyone that history is not always pleasant, but that is how it transpired sometimes in those years in the American Southwest

[Buzz cook]

1. The history of the 9th, 10th cavalry and 24th, 25th infantry has been neglected

However they were formed after the American Civil War so there was no need for the Underground Railway to get them there. The 8th cavalry was not a "Buffalo Soldier" unit.
Finally most of the officers were white. Unfortunately racism had driven most of the African American officers out of the army by the late 1800s.

[oasis]

2. Worth a good look. Thanks. nt