![]() ![]() The 10th Cavalry was based in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and commanded by Colonel Benjamin Grierson. government, were tasked with removing another minority group in that government’s name. The Black soldiers, facing their own forms of discrimination from the U.S. ![]() The soldiers’ main mission was to secure the road from San Antonio to El Paso and restore and maintain order in areas disrupted by Native Americans, many of whom were frustrated with life on Indian reservations and broken promises by the federal government. But the regiment was willing, able and mostly ready to face anything when they were ordered to the unsettled landscape of West Texas. Training the inexperienced and mostly uneducated soldiers of the 9th Calvary was a challenging task. There they were joined by most of their officers and their commanding officer, Colonel Edward Hatch. The soldiers spent the winter organizing and training until they were ordered to San Antonio, Texas, in April 1867. ![]() The mustering of the 9th Cavalry took place in New Orleans, Louisiana, in August and September of 1866. READ MORE: Meet the Buffalo Soldiers The 9th Cavalry Regiment ![]()
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