Brian G Shellum

Buffalo Soldiers in Alaska

Company L, Twenty-Fourth Infantry

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Produktbeschreibung

Brian G. Shellum tells the story of Company L, which served in Skagway, Alaska, and was one of the two companies added to the all-Black Twenty-Fourth U.S. Infantry Regiment after war was declared on Spain in April 1898.  

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 203mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781496228444
• ISBN-10: 1496228448
• Artikelnr.: 61382509

Autorenporträt

Brian G. Shellum is a retired army officer who was decorated with the Bronze Star Medal and the Order of St. George, former government historian at the Defense Intelligence Agency, and retired intelligence officer with the Department of Defense. He is the author of Black Cadet in a White Bastion: Charles Young at West Point (Nebraska, 2006), Black Officer in a Buffalo Soldier Regiment: The Military Career of Charles Young (Nebraska, 2010), and Buffalo Soldiers in Alaska: Company L, Twenty-Fourth Infantry  (Nebraska, 2021).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chronology
Prologue
1. North to Alaska
2. Dyea Barracks
3. Fort Wrangel
4. Skagway Barracks
5. Company Reunited
6. Settling In
7. Command Change
8. Challenges
9. Departure
10. Aftermath
Postscript
Appendix A: Biographies of Officers and Soldiers of Company L
Appendix B: Buffalo Soldier Regiments
Appendix C: Minstrel Show Programs
Appendix D: Tribute to Captain Hovey
Notes
Bibliography
Index