OLD WEST BUFFALO SOLDIERS 1890 ポスター

Buffalo Soldiers of the 25th Infantry, Fort Keough, Montana, posing in frigid weather with rifles, pistols, shovels, knives, frying pan, and whiskey. This nickname was given to the "Negro Cavalry" by the Native American tribes they fought; the term eventually became synonymous with all of the African-American regiments formed in 1866. The "Buffalo Soldiers" were established by Congress as the first peacetime all-black regiments in the regular U.S. Army. Photograph taken by Charles Barthelmess.