Cathy Williams

From Slave to Buffalo Soldier

By: Phillip Thomas Tucker

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Paperback | 15 January 2009

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Women in the United States military have received more recognition than ever in recent years, but women also played vital roles in battles and campaigns of previous generations. Cathy Williams served as Pvt. William Cathay from 1866 to 1868 with the famed Buffalo Soldiers who patrolled the 900-mile Santa Fe Trail. Tucker traces her life from her birth as a slave near Independence,. Missouri, to her service in Company A, 38th U.S. Infantry, one of the six black units formed following the Civil War. Cathy Williams remains the only known African American woman to have served as a Buffalo Soldier in the Indian Wars. Her remarkable story continues to represent a triumph of the human spirit. AUTHOR: Phillip Thomas Tucker is the author or editor of more than 20 books on the Civil War and African American, women?s and Irish history. He is a United States Air Force historian at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, DC. REVIEW: ?A unique story of gender and race, time and place, Tucker?s work is a recommended read that reaches across categories, from American, African American, and military history to Western and women?s history?. ? Library Journal 11 b/w photos

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Preface to the Paperback Edition	p. v
Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
A Young Slave Named Cathy Williams	p. 1
The Civil War Descends upon the Land	p. 30
New Challenge in the Eastern Theater	p. 59
Triumph of the Spirit: First Female Buffalo Soldier	p. 66
A Distinguished Legacy Perpetuated	p. 80
The Buffalo Soldiers	p. 89
Racial Clash at Fort Cummings	p. 141
Winter Campaign against the Apache	p. 156
Final Service in the Southwest	p. 171
On Her Own Once Again	p. 184
"Cathy Williams' Story" as published in the January 2, 1876 St. Louis Daily Times	p. 222
Notes	p. 224
Bibliography	p. 241
Index	p. 252
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