USAMHI Ethnicity - Blacks - SpAm RefBranch js Feb 90 BLACK TROOPS & SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR A Bibliography of MHI Sources Contents General...................................p.1 Troop List................................p.2 Regular Units 9th Cavalry............................p.3 10th Cavalry...........................p.3 24th Infantry..........................p.4 25th Infantry..........................p.4 Volunteer Units General................................p.4 Federal................................p.5 State..................................p.6 GENERAL Cashin, Herschel V., et al. Under Fire with the Tenth U.S. Cavalry. NY: Arno, 1969; orig pub 1899. 361 p. #303-10Cav-1969. Concentrates on feats of 9th & 10th Cav and 24th & 25th Inf during SpAm War. Gatewood, Willard B., Jr. Black Americans and the White Man's Burden, 1898-1903. Urbana, IL: UP of Illinois, 1975. 352 p. E721G27. _________. "Smoked Yankees" and the Struggle for Empire: Letters From Negro Soldiers, 1898-1902. Urbana: UP of Illinois, 1971. 328 p. E185.63G38. Guthrie, James M. Camp-Fires of the Afro-American.... Phila: Afro- American Pub, 1899. 710 p. E185.63G98. See Chaps 39-44. Johnson, Edward A. History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest. Raleigh, NC: Capital, 1899. 147 p. E725.5N3J6. Blacks in SpAm War p.2 Katz, William Loren. The Black West. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971. 336 p. E185.925K37. See Chap 10. Lynk, Miles V. The Black Troopers, Or Daring Heroism of the Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War. NY: AMS, 1971; orig pub 1899. 165 p. E725.5N3L92. Chaps on both the regular and vol black rgts. Steward, T.G. The Colored Regulars in the United States Army. NY: Arno, 1969; orig pub 1904. 344 p. E725.5N3S82. Concentrates on 1898. Also 1904 ed, E725.5S84. TROOP LIST Black units in active service, 1898-1902: - Regulars 9th Cav 10th Cav 24th Inf 25th Inf - Federal Volunteers - "Immunes" 7th US Vol Inf 8th US Vol Inf 9th US Vol Inf 10th US Vol Inf - Other 48th US Vol Inf 49th US Vol Inf - State Volunteers 3d Alabama 8th Illinois 1st Indiana (COs A&B) 23d Kansas 6th Mass (Co L) 3d No Carolina 9th Ohio 6th Virginia Blacks in Sp Am War p.3 GENERAL SOURCES: Early, Gerald H. "The Negro Soldier in the Spanish-American War." Masters thesis, Shippensburg State College, 1970. 114 p. E725.5N3E3. Brief accounts of volunteer black units appear in Chap V (31 p.). U.S. War Dept. Adj Gen's Off. Statistical Exhibit of Strength of Volunteer Forces Called into Service During the War With Spain.... Wash, DC: GPO, 1899. pp. 1-20. E725U59/RefColl. _________. Correspondence Relating to the War With Spain.... Vol I. Wash, DC: GPO, 1902. E725U53v1. Concise accounts of non-Regular black units appear on pp. 583, 590, 592, 594, 497, 609, 611, 621, & 627. REGULAR UNITS: - 9TH CAVALRY Batson, Matthew A. Letters, 1898-1901. SAW Survey, Arch. Service with 9th in Cuba & PI. Moseley, George Van Horn. Letter. SAW Survey, Arch. Adj of rgt. - 10th CAVALRY Jordon, Thomas. Service docs and letters. SAW Survey, Arch. Served as 1st Sgt, Troop F. "10th United States Cavalry, 1898-1899: Plate No 591." Mill Coll & Historian XXXVIII (Summer 1986): pp. 84-85. Per. Depicts uniforms. Tucker, Charles. Service docs. SAW Survey, Arch. Blacks in Sp Am War p.4 - 24th INFANTRY Gose, Ernest B. Letters to his father, 1888-1913. Papers. Arch. Officer of unit, who occasionally reported regimental news. Johnson, Edward A. History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War.... Raleigh, NC: Capital, 1899. 147 p. E725.5N3J6. See account os SGM Pullen, pp. 20-32. Ole, Henry R. Service docs. SAW Survey, Arch. Sgt in CO A. - 25th INFANTRY Burt, Andrew S. Papers. Arch. Intermittently Col of 24th, 1892-1902. Leniham, Michael J. "I Remember - I Remember." Typed autobiography, n.d. 125 p. Papers. Arch. See pp. 28-29 on his 1899-05 service. Lyon, Samuel P. Diaries and letters, 1889-1901. (photocopies). ca 200 p. Papers. Arch. Lt in 25th, 1894-1901. His diaries and large number of letters provide a wealth of detail. Moss, James A. Memories of the Campaign of Santiago. San Francisco: Mysell-Rollins, 1899. 64 p #603-25-1899 His diary. VOLUNTEER UNITS: - GENERAL Bullard, Robert Lee. "The Negro Volunteer: Some Characteristics." Journal of Mil Service Inst of US 29 (Jul 1901): pp. 29-39. Per. Praised conduct of blacks in this war (but altered his position in WWI). Blacks in the Sp Am War p.5 Fletcher, Marvin. "The Black Volunteers in the Spanish-American War." Mil Affairs 32 (Apr 1974): pp. 48-53. Per. See also: - SpAm Vets Survey Coll (Arch) for discharge certificates & other minor items from veterans, along with their completed questionnaires. - FEDERAL 9th US Vol Inf Brown, Fletcher. Completed questionnaire & discharge certificate. SAW Survey, Arch. Colston, W. Hilary. The Spanish-American War Volunteer: Ninth United States Infantry.... Camp Meade, Middletown, PA: Coston, 1899. 224 p. E725.7C84. By unit's black chaplain. Incls biog sketches of the black officers. Crane, Charles Judson. The Experiences of a Colonel of Infantry. NY: Knickerbocker, 1923. 578 p. U53C72A3. Col of 9th. See chaps IX-XVI. Thomas, Edward. Completed questionnaire & service record. SAW Survey, Arch. 48th US Vol Inf Allen, John H. See 6th Virginia Inf below. Johnson, Richard. "My Life in the U.S. Army, 1899 to 1922." Manuscript. 225 p. SAW Survey, Arch. Served in Co M. Romes, W.T. Completed questionnaire & pension correspondence. SAW Survey, Arch. Member of Co G. Blacks in SpAm War p.6 49th US Vol Inf Jackson, Westley. Completed questionnaire & discharge. SAW Survey, Arch. Member Co B. Pembrook, Harold. Completed questionnaire & discharge. SAW Survey, Member Co B. - STATE VOLUNTEERS 8th Illinois Braboy, Kit. Questionnaire & discharge. SAW Survey, Arch. Served in Co H. 23d Kansas Jones, Samuel T., Lt. Letter to wife, dated 22 Sep 1898, San Luis, Cuba. 4 p., photocopy. Acc 1898-W-1446. Jones, a Negro officer of the Negro 23d Kansas, made candid comments on the poor relations between white officers and the Negro troops, including those of the 8th Illinois. Moore, Sidney. Questionnaire & service docs. SAW Survey, Arch. Member Co B. 3d North Carolina Gatewood, Willard B., Jr. "North Carolina's Negro Regiment in the Spanish-American War." No Carolina Hist Review 48 (Oct 1971): pp. 370-387. Per. Questionnaires & service docs (SAW Survey, Arch): Hunter, Wm L. Co C. Moss, Edward W. Co A. Murphy, Charles. Co F. Wilson, George. Co H. Blacks & SpAm p.7 6th Virginia Allen, John H. Completed questionnaire. SAW Survey. Arch. Sgt with both 6th and 48th US Vol Inf. Gatewood, Willard B., Jr. "Virginia's Negro Regiment in the Spanish- American War: The Sixth Virginia Volunteers." Virginia Mag of Hist and Biog 80 (Apr 1972): pp. 193-209. Per. Johnson, William H. History of the Colored Volunteer Infantry of Virginia, 1871-99. n.p., 1923? 102 p. E725.5N3J63.