44 FAMOUS BLACK REGIMENT, THE 10TH UNITED STATES CAVALRY: HEROES OF THE SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN SOUVENIR PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOKLET, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY WILLIAM S. SCARBOROUGH Souvenir Containing Life-Like Engravings of the Officers and Men of that Famous Black Regiment the 10th United States Cavalry, Heroes of the Santiago Campaign. Portraits of the Three Colored Graduates of the West Point Military Academy. Huntsville, Alabama: H.V. Cashin & Co., 1899. Oblong 8vo (228 x 147 mm). Profusely illustrated with reproductions of photographs and paintings. Original wrappers (Pristine, very fine); with contemporary envelope. FIRST EDITION. The 10th Cavalry and the rest of the Buffalo Soldiers played a large part in the Spanish-American War, in particular, the Battle of San Juan Hill. The 9th and 10th Cavalries with the 24th Infantry fought alongside the 1st Volunteer Cavalry (the Rough Riders) led by Theodore Roosevelt. It is widely recognized as the most integrated battle force of the 19th century. This booklet includes images of the various companies and portraits of various officers including West Point graduates Henry Ossian Flipper, John H. Alexander, and Charles Young. Very scarce, no other copies located. SIGNED and INSCRIBED to cover by African American historian and classicist William Sanders Scarborough, “To Dr. Shaw with compliments of W.S. Scarborough, Wilberforce Cl.” $800 - $1,200
45 BUFFALO SOLDIER AND BLACK MILITARY HISTORY UNDER FIRE WITH THE TENTH U.S. CAVALRY BY HERSCHEL CASHIN,1902 CASHIN, Herschel V. et al. Under Fire with the Tenth U.S. Cavalry. Chicago: American Publishing House, 1902. 8vo (143 x 205 mm). Plates, portraits of units and individual officers. (Evenly toned pages, as typical). Publisher’s drab cloth illustrated and silver gilt (minor wear to extremities, slight crack to hinge). SECOND EDITION, first published in 1899. Focuses on the 10th Cavalry but includes a comprehensive history of black troops from the Revolutionary War through the Spanish-American War, with chapters on the Buffalo Soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry and 24th and 25th Infantry Regiments. $100 - $200
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46 BUFFALO SOLDIERS REFERENCE BOOKS Lot of 18 reference books concerning Buffalo Soldiers and African Americans in the military. Includes reprints of rare books and contemporary scholarly works. Topics cover the Civil War, late Indian wars, Charles Young, and more. Most in like new condition. For complete list of titles, please visit cowans.com. $50 - $100 BID LIVE ONLINE WITH
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