Buffalo Soldier Contributions10th Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army

From 1909 to 1913 the 10th Cavalry Regiment, made up of African American enlisted men andwhite officers, was stationed at Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester, Vermont. The 10th was one of fourregiments made up of African American soldiers known as "buffalo soldiers." These regimentsserved in major Indian campaigns in the West and in the wars in Cuba and in the Philippines. Thistalk will explore buffalo-soldier contributions to national expansion across the continent andbeyond, look at the unusual conditions of their service, and the lives of the men and theirfamilies. It will also look at relations between the soldiers and Indians, modern commemoration oftheir role, and the mythology that has grown up around them.

Dr. Frank N. Schubert

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

6:30 to 8:00 pmSugar Maple Room, 400 Davis Center

University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont

Free and Open to the Public

Some of the 10th Cavalry soldiers who remained in Vermont are pictured on the left of this page.

To learn more, please visit their web page: Vermont Buffalo Soldiers<http://www.uvm.edu/~vtbufalo>

George Osborne

John R. Lyons

Willis Hatcher

Silas Johnson

Did you know “Buffalo Soldiers” is more than a Bob Marley song?Did you know 10th Cavalry Soldiers were stationed at Fort Ethan Allen in VT?Do you want to learn more about the Buffalo Soldiers? Then please join us.

Frank "Mickey" Schubert was born in Washington, D. C. He is a graduate of Howard University(B.A., 1965), the University of Wyoming (M. A., 1970), and the University of Toledo (Ph. D.,1977). He served in the U.S. Army during 1965-1968, including one year in Vietnam, and rose tothe rank of captain. He worked as a historian in the Department of Defense from 1977 to 2003,when he retired as chief of the Joint Operational History Branch, in the Joint History Office, Officeof the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Dr. Schubert was a Fulbright lecturer at a university in Cluj,Romania, during the academic year 2003-2004.

He has written extensively on military subjects, including frontier exploration, black soldiers, andmilitary construction, and has lectured at universities in Hungary, Romania, and Germany. Hisbooks on buffalo soldiers are Buffalo Soldiers, Braves, and the Brass: the Story of Fort Robinson,Nebraska (1993), On the Trail of the Buffalo Soldier: Biographies of African-Americans in the U.S.Army, 1866-1917 (1995), Black Valor: Buffalo Soldiers and the Medal of Honor, 1870-1898(1997), and Voices of the Buffalo Soldier: Records, Reports, and Recollections of Military Servicein the West (2003). His latest book, On the Trail of the Buffalo Soldier II: New and RevisedBiographies of African Americans in the U.S. Army, 1866-1917 co-authored with Irene Schubert,appeared in September 2004. Dr. Schubert’s web page: http://www.captainbuffalo.com/

BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT SPONSORED BY:

University of Vermont Office of the Associate Provost for Multicultural Affairs, College ofEducation & Social Services, Student Life, ALANA U.S. Ethnic Studies, Center for Research onVermont, Center for Cultural Pluralism, ALANA Student Center, Center for World Education,Department of Integrated Professional Studies, Master of Science in Counseling Program, BlackStudent Union, Special Collections - Bailey Howe Library and Champlain College Office ofStudent Diversity & Inclusion

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