The buffalo soldiers at Fort Hays.

• Main Author: Leiker, Jim
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Fort Hays State University 1992
• Subjects: History; Pacific; Indian; Riley; Saline River; Beaver Creek
• Online Access: http://contentcat.fhsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/thesis/id/1658

In 1866, the United States Congress authorized the establishment of six new army regiments that were to consist entirely of black men. Part of the reason for the creation of these units was the admirable record black regiments had achieved during the Civil War. But the primary cause was the dire nee...