Buffalo Soldier Biographies

Please note, biographies of these veterans were researched and written by students as part of the Digital Veterans Legacy Project at Loyola Marymount University, funded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the National Cemetery Administration.

9th Cavalry

Abner Branch

Albert Leonard

Alexander Penn

Alton Cunningham

Augustus Reid

Charles Casaway

Charles Hart

Charles Henry Goodloe

Cornelius Duncan

David Willamson

Edgar Fitzpatrick

Edward Lyons

Edward Mitchell

Edward Taylor

Eugene Lewis Murphy

Frank B. Smith

Frank Fain

Fred Ware

George Goodman

George Gordon

Harrison Slater

Henry Weaver

Homer Mitchell

J.W. Gordon

James Calhoun

James Mateo Hipsher

James O. Cotman

Jesse Jones

Joe Cornell

John Golden

Joseph Gillard

Julius Nash

Leonard Wiliams

Louis Edward Brock

Major Williams

Milledge Nicholson

Moffett Rice

Moses N Craddock

Peter Snoten

Richard Reese

Samuel Bush

Samuel Sockwell

Shannon Keaton

Sherman Evans

Stephen Wheeler

Westley Wright

William Brown

William Daniels

William Hanson

William Jenkins

William Kane

William S. Hunt

10th Cavalry

Alexander Victor

Alfred Berry

Alfred Summers

Andy M Edwards

Benjamin Bryant

Charles B Allen

Clarence I Gardner

Clarence Stoops

Dewey Taylor

Floyd Crumbly

Frank Perkins

Frank Sawyer

Gabriel Harvey

George Bray

George Philips

George Ratcliffe

Harry Scott

Harvey Fargarson

Henry Triplet

Ioney Canture

Jack Rains

Jake Davis

James Harris

James Rhett

Jeremiah Lewis

John Bell

John Brooks

John Davis

John Finney

John Hawkady

John J. L. Taylor

John Johnson

Jonas Scott

Jordan Hill

Joseph Battise

Len Akers

Leroy Green

Lewellyn Brewer

Linear S. Triplett

Mack Griffin

Robert C. Coles

Solomon Bird

Taylor Crockett

Turner Douglas

Vodrey Henry

Walter Collins

Wash Rush

Wiley Scott

William Coleman

William James

William Queener

Willie Woods

24th Infantry

A. C. Walker

Adam Green

Athan H. Harrison

Cyrus C. Miller

David Brown

Eddie McConico

Ernest Hunt

Frank Nichols

Fred J Alexander

Gearfield Simpson

George Branner

George Marts

George Parker

George T. Fairrow

George W. Hixon

Henry Polk

Homer Jones

James C. Swait

Japheth S Shaw

Jerome A McCoy

John Jamison

Logan Lee

Luster M. Bell

Luther Morrison

Marshall Stokes

Odom Shaw

Robert Kennard

Samuel Bell

Ury Dillingham

Virgil Coleman

Wesley Burgess

Willie Massey

25th Infantry

Addison Baldridge

Alfred Jackson

Anderson Byrd

Bird Kimble

Burns A Gilly

Casper Ecker

Charles Jackson

Eddie Bennett

Edward Randall

Edwin Roberts

Ewing White

Floyd W. Green

Frank B. Wigington

Freeland McCray

General Hagler

George A. Mangum

George Hodge

George Jasper

George Wilson

Grover Hampton

Harry Ford

Hazel Butler

Herbert Davis

Isaiah Raynor

James F. Owsley

James P. Gray

John B. Valentine

John Henry Kean

John J. Ryan

John T. Harrell

John T. Veasy

John Tarvin

John Watts

Joseph H Gray

Joseph Imhoff

Julius H Howard

Kenneth Ross

Lawrence J Schnell

Lawrence Kinney

Leonidas L. Prewitt

Louis Rucker

Mike Stokes

Osborne Dorsey

Peter H Dupas

Richard Amos

Robert C. Dunmore

Rome Tindal

Sheadrick Cobb

Thomas D Goins

Thomas Simmons

Ury Roberson

William Deadmon

William Dismukes

William Hanger

Wilson Bebo

Zack Crutcher