Cathy Williams : from slave to Buffalo Soldier
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
Print Book, English, 2002
Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA, 2002
Biographies
xiv, 258 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
9780811703406, 0811703401
505024589
A Young Slave Named Cathy Williams
The Civil War Descends upon the Land
New Challenge in the Eastern Theater
Triumph of the Spirit: First Female Buffalo Soldier
A Distinguished Legacy Perpetuated
The Buffalo Soldiers
Racial Clash at Fort Cummings
Winter Campaign against the Apache
Final Service in the Southwest
On Her Own Once Again
"Cathy Williams' Story" as published in the January 2, 1876 St. Louis Daily Times