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Robert Walter Dixon (September 11, 1921 – November 15, 2024) was an American World War II veteran who was the last surviving member of the U.S. Army’s all-Black regiment known as the Buffalo Soldiers. [1]
Buffalo Soldier sites from 1860–1900 Image taken in 1898 of the 9th U.S. Cavalry.. Sources disagree on how the nickname "Buffalo Soldiers" began. According to the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum the name originated with the Cheyenne warriors in the winter of 1877, the actual Cheyenne translation being "Wild Buffalo".
Horace Wayman Bivins (or Bivens or Bivans or Bevans) (May 8, 1862, Accomack County, Virginia—1960, Billings, Montana) was a career soldier and member of the 10th Cavalry in the United States Army. The Indians in the West referred to the African-American unit as Buffalo Soldiers .
The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, located in Houston, Texas, is a museum dedicated to the history and achievements of Buffalo Soldiers and African American soldiers from all of the branches of the United States Military.
Dennis Bell (December 28, 1866 – September 25, 1953) was a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Spanish–American War. Bell and three of his fellow Buffalo Soldiers were the last black servicemen to be presented the Medal of Honor for ...
Buffalo Soldier Award recipient James Epps for 2024 sits between Rockland Veterans Services Coordinator Susan Branam, left, and Dr. Abigaile Taylor, right, a U.S. Army veteran who is president of ...
Oct. 11—Amid a look reminiscent of the era, Texas Southmost College on Thursday dedicated a plaque honoring African American U.S. Army troops who served at Fort Brown during the Civil War and ...
John Denny (c. 1849 – November 28, 1901) was a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States.