9th Cavalry "Buffalo Soldiers"

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This file appears in: Charles Young Birthplace
9th Cavalry "Buffalo Soldiers"

Charles Young served with the 9th U.S. Cavalry, shown here in 1898. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Charles Young Birthplace

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #124 in Mason County notes the birthplace of Charles Young, an early African American graduate of the United States Military Academy and the first black colonel in the U.S. Army. Young was born into slavery in 1864, just as the…