Civil War Soldier Comes Back to Life
by: Melissa Galvez, January 21, 2010 9:01:00 pm
When he died in 1866, Thomas Smith was posted to a dusty New Mexico fort, fighting
Civil War Soldier Comes Back to Life
by: Melissa Galvez, January 21, 2010 9:01:00 pm
When he died in 1866, Thomas Smith was posted to a dusty New Mexico fort, fighting Apache and Navajo. He was in his early ‘20's, about 5 feet tall, and had been a slave before he joined the Army. He was called a "buffalo soldier"-the name given to the few African American units allowed after the Civil War. And you will soon be able to look him in the eye at the Buffalo Soldier National Museum in Houston.
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