BLACK TROOPS & SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

                      A Bibliography of MHI Sources
 

                                Contents

                     General...................................p.1
                     Troop List................................p.2
                     Regular Units
                        9th Cavalry............................p.3
                        10th Cavalry...........................p.3
                        24th Infantry..........................p.4
                        25th Infantry..........................p.4
                     Volunteer Units
                        General................................p.4
                        Federal................................p.5
                        State..................................p.6
 
 

        GENERAL

        Cashin, Herschel V., et al.  Under Fire with the Tenth U.S. Cavalry.
               NY:  Arno, 1969; orig pub 1899.  361 p.  #303-10Cav-1969.
                  Concentrates on feats of 9th & 10th Cav and 24th & 25th Inf
                  during SpAm War.

        Gatewood, Willard B., Jr.  Black Americans and the White Man's
               Burden, 1898-1903.  Urbana, IL:  UP of Illinois, 1975.  352 p.
               E721G27.

        _________.  "Smoked Yankees" and the Struggle for Empire:  Letters
               From Negro Soldiers, 1898-1902.  Urbana:  UP of Illinois, 1971.
               328 p.  E185.63G38.

        Guthrie, James M.  Camp-Fires of the Afro-American....  Phila:  Afro-
               American Pub, 1899.  710 p.  E185.63G98.
                  See Chaps 39-44.

        Johnson, Edward A.  History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American
               War, and Other Items of Interest.  Raleigh, NC:  Capital, 1899.
               147 p.  E725.5N3J6.
 
 
 
 
 

        Blacks in SpAm War                                      p.2
 

        Katz, William Loren.  The Black West.  Garden City, NY:  Doubleday,
               1971.  336 p.  E185.925K37.
                  See Chap 10.

        Lynk, Miles V.  The Black Troopers, Or Daring Heroism of the Negro
               Soldiers in the Spanish-American War.  NY:  AMS, 1971; orig pub
               1899.  165 p.  E725.5N3L92.
                  Chaps on both the regular and vol black rgts.

        Steward, T.G.  The Colored Regulars in the United States Army.  NY:
               Arno, 1969; orig pub 1904.  344 p.  E725.5N3S82.
                  Concentrates on 1898.  Also 1904 ed, E725.5S84.
 
 
 

        TROOP LIST

        Black units in active service, 1898-1902:

         - Regulars
                9th Cav
               10th Cav
               24th Inf
               25th Inf

         - Federal Volunteers

               -  "Immunes"
               7th US Vol Inf
               8th US Vol Inf
               9th US Vol Inf
               10th US Vol Inf

               -  Other
               48th US Vol Inf
               49th US Vol Inf

         - State Volunteers
                3d  Alabama
                8th Illinois
                1st Indiana (COs A&B)
               23d  Kansas
                6th Mass (Co L)
                3d  No Carolina
                9th Ohio
                6th Virginia
 
 
 
 
 

        Blacks in Sp Am War                                     p.3
 
 

        GENERAL SOURCES:

        Early, Gerald H.  "The Negro Soldier in the Spanish-American War."
               Masters thesis, Shippensburg State College, 1970.  114 p.
               E725.5N3E3.
                  Brief accounts of volunteer black units appear in Chap V
                  (31 p.).

        U.S. War Dept.  Adj Gen's Off.  Statistical Exhibit of Strength of
               Volunteer Forces Called into Service During the War With
               Spain....  Wash, DC:  GPO, 1899.  pp. 1-20.  E725U59/RefColl.

        _________.  Correspondence Relating to the War With Spain....  Vol I.
               Wash, DC:  GPO, 1902.  E725U53v1.
                  Concise accounts of non-Regular black units appear on
                  pp. 583, 590, 592, 594, 497, 609, 611, 621, & 627.
 
 
 

        REGULAR UNITS:

         - 9TH CAVALRY

        Batson, Matthew A.  Letters, 1898-1901.  SAW Survey, Arch.
                  Service with 9th in Cuba & PI.

        Moseley, George Van Horn.  Letter.  SAW Survey, Arch.
                  Adj of rgt.
 
 

         - 10th CAVALRY

        Jordon, Thomas.  Service docs and letters.  SAW Survey, Arch.
                  Served as 1st Sgt, Troop F.

        "10th United States Cavalry, 1898-1899:  Plate No 591."  Mill Coll &
               Historian XXXVIII (Summer 1986):  pp. 84-85.  Per.
                  Depicts uniforms.

        Tucker, Charles.  Service docs.  SAW Survey, Arch.
 
 
 
 
 

        Blacks in Sp Am War                                     p.4
 
 

         - 24th INFANTRY

        Gose, Ernest B.  Letters to his father, 1888-1913.  Papers.  Arch.
                  Officer of unit, who occasionally reported regimental news.

        Johnson, Edward A.  History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American
               War....  Raleigh, NC:  Capital, 1899.  147 p.  E725.5N3J6.
                  See account os SGM Pullen, pp. 20-32.

        Ole, Henry R.  Service docs.  SAW Survey, Arch.
                  Sgt in CO A.
 
 

         - 25th INFANTRY

        Burt, Andrew S.  Papers.  Arch.
                  Intermittently Col of 24th, 1892-1902.

        Leniham, Michael J.  "I Remember - I Remember."  Typed autobiography,
               n.d.  125 p.  Papers.  Arch.
                  See pp. 28-29 on his 1899-05 service.

        Lyon, Samuel P.  Diaries and letters, 1889-1901.  (photocopies).
               ca 200 p.  Papers.  Arch.
                  Lt in 25th, 1894-1901.  His diaries and large number of
                  letters provide a wealth of detail.

        Moss, James A.  Memories of the Campaign of Santiago.  San Francisco:
               Mysell-Rollins, 1899.  64 p  #603-25-1899
                  His diary.
 
 
 

        VOLUNTEER UNITS:

         - GENERAL

        Bullard, Robert Lee.  "The Negro Volunteer:  Some Characteristics."
               Journal of Mil Service Inst of US 29 (Jul 1901):  pp. 29-39.
               Per.
                  Praised conduct of blacks in this war (but altered his
                  position in WWI).
 
 
 
 
 

        Blacks in the Sp Am War                                 p.5
 

        Fletcher, Marvin.  "The Black Volunteers in the Spanish-American
               War."  Mil Affairs 32 (Apr 1974):  pp. 48-53.  Per.
 
 

        See also:

        - SpAm Vets Survey Coll (Arch) for discharge certificates
          & other minor items from veterans, along with their
          completed questionnaires.
 
 
 

        - FEDERAL

        9th US Vol Inf

        Brown, Fletcher.  Completed questionnaire & discharge certificate.
               SAW Survey, Arch.

        Colston, W. Hilary.  The Spanish-American War Volunteer:  Ninth
               United States Infantry....  Camp Meade, Middletown, PA:  Coston,
               1899.  224 p.  E725.7C84.
                  By unit's black chaplain.  Incls biog sketches of the black
                  officers.

        Crane, Charles Judson.  The Experiences of a Colonel of Infantry.
               NY:  Knickerbocker, 1923.  578 p.  U53C72A3.
                  Col of 9th.  See chaps IX-XVI.

        Thomas, Edward.  Completed questionnaire & service record.  SAW
               Survey, Arch.
 

        48th US Vol Inf

        Allen, John H.  See 6th Virginia Inf below.

        Johnson, Richard.  "My Life in the U.S. Army, 1899 to 1922."
               Manuscript.  225 p.  SAW Survey, Arch.
                  Served in Co M.

        Romes, W.T.  Completed questionnaire & pension correspondence.
               SAW Survey, Arch.
                  Member of Co G.
 
 
 
 
 

        Blacks in SpAm War                                      p.6
 

        49th US Vol Inf

        Jackson, Westley.  Completed questionnaire & discharge.  SAW Survey,
               Arch.
                  Member Co B.

        Pembrook, Harold.  Completed questionnaire & discharge.  SAW Survey,
                  Member Co B.
 
 
 

        - STATE VOLUNTEERS

        8th Illinois

        Braboy, Kit.  Questionnaire & discharge.  SAW Survey, Arch.
                  Served in Co H.
 

        23d Kansas

        Jones, Samuel T., Lt.  Letter to wife, dated 22 Sep 1898, San Luis,
               Cuba.  4 p., photocopy.  Acc 1898-W-1446.
                  Jones, a Negro officer of the Negro 23d Kansas, made candid
                  comments on the poor relations between white officers and the
                  Negro troops, including those of the 8th Illinois.

        Moore, Sidney.  Questionnaire & service docs.  SAW Survey, Arch.
                  Member Co B.
 

        3d North Carolina

        Gatewood, Willard B., Jr.  "North Carolina's Negro Regiment in the
               Spanish-American War."  No Carolina Hist Review 48 (Oct 1971):
               pp. 370-387.  Per.

        Questionnaires & service docs (SAW Survey, Arch):

               Hunter, Wm L.  Co C.
               Moss, Edward W.  Co A.
               Murphy, Charles.  Co F.
               Wilson, George.  Co H.
 
 
 
 
 

        Blacks & SpAm                                           p.7
 
 

        6th Virginia

        Allen, John H.  Completed questionnaire.  SAW Survey.  Arch.
                  Sgt with both 6th and 48th US Vol Inf.

        Gatewood, Willard B., Jr.  "Virginia's Negro Regiment in the Spanish-
               American War:  The Sixth Virginia Volunteers."  Virginia Mag of
               Hist and Biog 80 (Apr 1972):  pp. 193-209.  Per.

        Johnson, William H.  History of the Colored Volunteer Infantry of
               Virginia, 1871-99.  n.p., 1923?  102 p.  E725.5N3J63.