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Buffalo Soldiers | The Brass Letters | 1
Lindsey Graham
However, finding recruits for the new cavalry regiments would prove more difficult because very few Black men had served in the cavalry during the Civil War. The Army also needed to be able to find officers to command these new regiments, and for the cavalry, General Ulysses S. Grant had two veteran officers in mind. He recommended that Colonel Edward Hatch lead the 9th U.S.
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