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Buffalo Soldiers — Courage, Duty, Honor
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Six regiments, raised by an act of Congress on July 28, 1866.
The 9th and 10th Cavalry. The 24th and 25th Infantry. The first peacetime all-Black regiments in the regular U.S. Army — men who had just finished fighting for a country that was still arguing about whether they belonged in it.
They were sent west. They patrolled thousands of miles of frontier, escorted mail and settlers, mapped territory, strung telegraph line, and built the roads other people took credit for. They did it on the Army's worst horses and oldest equipment, and they had one of the lowest desertion rates in the entire service.
Some of them became among the first park rangers in America. Roughly 500 Buffalo Soldiers patrolled Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant — evicting timber thieves, fighting fires, and cutting the first trail to the summit of Mount Whitney. In 1903, Captain Charles Young was named acting superintendent of Sequoia, the first Black man to run a national park. All of it before the National Park Service existed.
The name came from the Plains tribes they fought. It wasn't given as an insult or a compliment so much as a recognition.
They kept it.
THE VERIFIED RECORD
Established by act of Congress, July 28, 1866.
9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments; 24th and 25th Infantry Regiments.
Served the western frontier, then Cuba and the Philippines.
Roughly 500 served as among the nation's first park rangers at Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant in 1899, 1903, and 1904.
Captain Charles Young — acting superintendent of Sequoia National Park, 1903.
THE PIECE
Front: the charge.
Back: the record.
Left sleeve: the crown.
Garment-dyed heavyweight cotton. Comfort Colors 1717 in black — pre-shrunk, relaxed fit, and softer every wash. Printed with the real history, verified against primary sources before it was ever put on a shirt.
Built to Endure.
Read the full record: rylandworks.com/pages/buffalo-soldiers
Buffalo Soldiers — Courage, Duty, Honor
$48.00
Sale price
$48.00
Regular price
The 9th and 10th Cavalry. The 24th and 25th Infantry. The first peacetime all-Black regiments in the regular U.S. Army — men who had just finished fighting for a country that was still arguing about whether they belonged in it.
They were sent west. They patrolled thousands of miles of frontier, escorted mail and settlers, mapped territory, strung telegraph line, and built the roads other people took credit for. They did it on the Army's worst horses and oldest equipment, and they had one of the lowest desertion rates in the entire service.
Some of them became among the first park rangers in America. Roughly 500 Buffalo Soldiers patrolled Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant — evicting timber thieves, fighting fires, and cutting the first trail to the summit of Mount Whitney. In 1903, Captain Charles Young was named acting superintendent of Sequoia, the first Black man to run a national park. All of it before the National Park Service existed.
The name came from the Plains tribes they fought. It wasn't given as an insult or a compliment so much as a recognition.
They kept it.
THE VERIFIED RECORD
Established by act of Congress, July 28, 1866.
9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments; 24th and 25th Infantry Regiments.
Served the western frontier, then Cuba and the Philippines.
Roughly 500 served as among the nation's first park rangers at Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant in 1899, 1903, and 1904.
Captain Charles Young — acting superintendent of Sequoia National Park, 1903.
THE PIECE
Front: the charge.
Back: the record.
Left sleeve: the crown.
Garment-dyed heavyweight cotton. Comfort Colors 1717 in black — pre-shrunk, relaxed fit, and softer every wash. Printed with the real history, verified against primary sources before it was ever put on a shirt.
Built to Endure.
Read the full record: rylandworks.com/pages/buffalo-soldiers