In the 19th C. San Antonio was a training site for the African-American Cavalry Soldiers given this animal name
Following the U.S. Civil War, regiments of African-American men ... Website 
Name ... For more than two decades in the late 19th century, the 9th and 10th ... 
Cavalry, in 1871 the Comanche bestowed the name of an animal... [DOC] [TLE] In Search of an Elusive Enemy: The Victorio Campaign - US Army ... [PAR] Although set in the late 19th century, this case study is still extremely relevant ... 
men of the US Cavalry were called on to pursue and destroy an enemy who had
... [DOC] [TLE] According to the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, the name ... [PAR] This nickname was given to the "Negro Cavalry" by the Native American tribes 
they ... African American Sites History, National Buffalo, Soldiers Museum, .... Fort 
Davis National Historic Site in west Texas, a 19th century military outpost.