Vintage Photograph of Buffalo Soldiers 1890 Coffee Mug

Buffalo Soldiers Buffalo soldiers of the 25th Infantry, some wearing buffalo robes, Ft. Keogh, Montana. 1890. Buffalo Soldiers is a nickname originally applied to the members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army by the Native American tribes they fought. It was formed on September 21, 1866 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The term eventually came to include six units: * 9th Cavalry Regiment * 10th Cavalry Regiment * 24th Infantry Regiment * 25th Infantry Regiment * 27th Cavalry Regiment * 28th Cavalry Regiment Although several African-American regiments were raised during the Civil War to fight alongside the Union Army (including the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and the many United States Colored Troops Regiments), the "Buffalo Soldiers" were established by Congress as the first peacetime all-black regiments in the regular U.S. Army.