Cathay Williams Female Buffalo Soldier

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Cathay Williams - Female Buffalo Soldier

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Cathay Williams was the only known female "buffalo soldier" or black soldier in the US military after the Civil War. She served in the Thirty-Eighth United States Infantry, Company A, as William Cathay, from November 1866 to October 1868.

Sources:

Jessica McElrath. A Female Buffalo Soldier. URL: http://afroamhistory.about.com/library/blwilliams.htm November 2000.

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