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Cathy Williams - From Slave to Female Buffalo Soldier
Phillip Thomas Tucker
Few Americans today, black or white, know about the incredible life of Cathy
Williams. 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. Her story tells us much about prevailing attitudes toward both race
and gender in post-Civil War
America
.
About the Author:
"Phillip Thomas Tucker is the chief historian of the 81st Training Wing at
Keesler Air Force Base in
Biloxi,
Mississippi
. He is the author of several books on the Civil War including The
Confederacy's Fighting Chaplain, winner of the Douglas Southall Freeman Award,
Burnside's Bridge: The Climactic Struggle of the 2nd and 20th Georgia at
Antietam Creek (0-8117-0199-9), and The Final Fury: Palmito Ranch, The Last
Battle of the Civil War (0-8117-0652-4). He has also co-edited, with Jeffrey
Smith, The 1862 Plot to Kidnap Jefferson Davis (0-8117-1271-0). "
Format: HC
Pages:
256 pages
Trim Size:
6 x 9
Photos:
8-page section with 10 b/w photos
Publisher:
Stackpole Books
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