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Buffalo Soldiers Honored at American Heritage Day at Mount Vernon Memorial Park.
We are the 10th Cavalry, Company G of Northern California a Buffalo Soldier a living history group. Established in Sacramento in 1992. We re-create a Buffalo Soldier Company during the Indian Wars Period the years from 1866 to 1891. The year our unit concentrates on is 1874. Buffalo Soldiers were members of the US Army and wore the same uniforms as the rest of the U.S. Army. They were initially given left over uniforms and equipment from the Civil War. That was the regulation uniform when the Ninth and Tenth Calvary were created by an act of Congress in 1866 after the end of the Civil War and troops were needed to return to the west that had become lawless during the Civil War.
We are the 10th Cavalry, Company G of Northern California a Buffalo Soldier a living history group. Established in Sacramento in 1992. We re-create a Buffalo Soldier Company during the Indian Wars Period the years from 1866 to 1891. The year our unit concentrates on is 1874. Buffalo Soldiers were members of the US Army and wore the same uniforms as the rest of the U.S. Army. They were initially given left over uniforms and equipment from the Civil War. That was the regulation uniform when the Ninth and Tenth Calvary were created by an act of Congress in 1866 after the end of the Civil War and troops were needed to return to the west that had become lawless during the Civil War.
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