![Regiments Logo Pins A large green circle with a buffalo drawing in the center surrounded by pins with crossed swords and guns and numbers on them](/subjects/buffalosoldiers/images/Regiments.jpg?maxwidth=650&autorotate=false)
NPS / T. Engberg
On July 28th, 1866, Congress passed the Army Reorganization Act which created six new, colored regiments. Two cavalry regiments, the 9th and 10th, and four infantry regiments, the 38th, 39th, 40th and 41st were established. All of the regiments would be comprised of black men in the enlisted ranks and white officers. While there were a handful of black officers in the first few decades of service, the Buffalo Soldier regiments would be led primarily by white officers. Three years later, in 1869, Congress again reorganized the Army and reduced the colored regiments to four, the 9th & 10th cavalry stayed the same, while the 38th & 41st were consolidated into the 24th and the 39th & 40th were consolodated into the 25th infantry. All of these regiments would serve most of their time on the Western Frontier for the first few decades of their existence.
Here we present the stories of the Buffalo Soldiers sorted by the regiments in which the men served. Choose a regiment from those pictured and listed below to view their stories.
![The 9th cavalry pin over top of a photo of mounted soldiers](/common/uploads/grid_builder/buffalosoldiers/crop16_9/C57264CC-1DD8-B71B-0B034E9079B1BAE3.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Stories of the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers
![The 10th cavalry pin over top of a photo of mounted soldier](/common/uploads/grid_builder/buffalosoldiers/crop16_9/C58B8FE8-1DD8-B71B-0BAB52D2AE86DBF3.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Stories of the 10th U.S. Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers.
![The 24th cavalry pin over top of a photo of soldiers in formation](/common/uploads/grid_builder/buffalosoldiers/crop16_9/C59EDA30-1DD8-B71B-0BE9A3B0D117B9A4.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Stories of the 24th U.S. Infantry Buffalo Soldiers
![The 25th cavalry pin over top of a photo of soldiers in a portrait](/common/uploads/grid_builder/buffalosoldiers/crop16_9/C5B70EC5-1DD8-B71B-0B182088D2D02397.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Stories of the 25th Infantry Buffalo Soldiers
Last updated: May 31, 2018