Buffalo Soldiers: Slave to Soldier
6/17/2023 | WATKINS MILL STATE PARK | LAWSON, MOStarting in 1866, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, was the receiving station for the men of color following the Civil War. There, the most unlikely of soldiers joined the United States Army in the United States Colored Troops: Cathay Williams, also known as Pvt. “William Cathay,” the only female known...
