*Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts *Includes a bibliography for further reading during the Civil War, over 180,000 Black men Fought in volunteer units as part of the United States Colored Troop (USCT), but it was only after the end of it that they were allowed to enlist in the Regular Army.
The evolution of these Black units followed the course of the organiza.
They did so in four segregated regiments, and they colloquially became known as Buffalo Soldiers. *Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts *Includes a bibliography for further reading during the Civil War, over 180,000 Black men Fought in volunteer units as part of the United States Colored Troop (USCT), but it was only after the end of it that they were allowed to enlist in the Regular Army