Buffalo Soldiers – People – Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men
George William Ford (1847-1939)
Major George William Ford was an original member of the 10th Cavalry (Buffalo Soldiers) and later a Major with the...
Walter Lawson (1862-1917)
Walter Lawson was a Buffalo Soldier, a private with the 25th Infantry Regiment of the US Calvary. Lawson was born...
Ivan James Houston (1925-2020)
Insurance executive Ivan James Houston was born in Los Angeles, California on June 15, 1925 to Norman Oliver Houston and...
William Jones (1918-2009)
William Jones, one of the last Buffalo Soldiers, was also a U.S. Army Master Sergeant, Prisoner of War (POW) in Korea and successful entrepreneur. Jones was...
William McBryar (1861-1941)
William McBryar was a biracial buffalo soldier whose received the Medal of Honor for his participation in the 1890 Cherry Creek Campaign in Arizona Territory....
George Goldsby (1843-1922)
George Goldsby, a.k.a. George Gooseby, a.k.a. William Scott, was a veteran of the Union Army and a sergeant in the Tenth U.S. Cavalry...
Gilbert William Lindsay (1900-1990)
Civil rights supporter, city official, and social activist Gilbert William Lindsay was born on a cotton plantation in Mississippi on November 29, 1900. As a...
Isaiah Mays (1858-1925)
Isaiah Mays, a Buffalo Soldier awarded the Medal of Honor in 1890 for his actions during the Wham Paymaster Robbery,...
Dorsie Willis (1886-1977)
Of the 167 enlisted black soldiers of the 25th Infantry discharged from the U.S. Army “without honor” by order of...
