Cathy Williams, From Slave to Female Buffalo Solider
Entry/Object ID
L9999.999.1897
Description
Cathy Williams, from Slave to Female Buffalo Soldier is a story few Americans know about. "From her beginnings as a slave in Independence, Missouri, to her enlistment with Company A, 38th U. S. Infantry, in November 1866, the story of this remarkable woman deserves to finally be told. By disguising herself as a man and assuming the name William Cathay, Williams became a 'Buffalo Soldier,' serving in one of the six black units formed following the Civil War: the first and only African American woman to accomplish this feat." She went on to create a life for herself on the Western frontier after her military service.
258/Hardbound/Illustrations.
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Slavery, Civil wars
Search Terms
Women, African American, Women slaves, Frontier and Pioneer Life, Military, Biography, Buffalo Soldiers, Black History
