ENGAGEMENTS BY THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS

AND SEMINOLE-NEGRO INDIAN SCOUTS

Chronological list of battles, actions, etc., in which regular army troops of African
American soldiers participated from 1866 - 1893

Researched and compiled by

Anthony Powell
Military Historian
San Jose, California

©Copyright 1999. Anthony Powell

1867
DATE LOCATION UNIT/S
June 26 Wilson's Creek, Kansas Detachment of Company K, 38th Infantry
July 29 Near Ft. Hays, Kansas Detachment of Company G, 38th Infantry
August 2 Saline River, Kansas Troop F, 10th Cavalry
August 21-22 Prairie Dog Creek, Kansas Troop F, 10th Cavalry
September 16 Saline River, Kansas Detachment Troop G, 10th Cavalry
October 1 Howard's Well, Texas Detachment Troop D, 9th Cavalry
December 5 Eagle Springs, Texas Detachment Troop F, 9th Cavalry
December 26 Near Ft. Lancaster, Texas Detachment Troop K, 9th Cavalry

1868
DATE LOCATION UNIT/S
January 1 Ft. Quitman, Texas Detachment Troop E, 9th Cavalry
September 14 Horse Head Hills, Texas Detachment Troops C, F and K, 9th Cavalry
September 15 Big Sandy Creek, Colorado Troop I, 10th Cavalry
October 18 Beaver Creek, Kansas Troops H and I, 10th Cavalry.
November 19 Near Ft. Dodge, Kansas Detachment Troop A, 10th Cavalry

1869
 DATE LOCATION UNIT/S
January 29 Mulberry Creek, Kansas Detachment Troops C, G, H and K, 9th Cavalry
San Francisco Mountains, New
March 26 Detachment Company C, 38th Infantry
Mexico
Johnson's River and Pecos River,
June 7 Detachment Troops G, L and M, 9th Cavalry
Texas
September 16 Salt Fork of Brazos River, Texas Troops B, E, F, and M, 9th Cavalry
September 20-21 Brazos River, Texas Detachment B and E, 9th Cavalry
Detachment Troops B, E, F, G, L and M, 9th
October 28-29 Headwaters of Brazos River, Texas
cavalry
November 24 Headwaters of Llano River, Texas Detachment Troops F and M, 9th Cavalry
December 25 Johnson's mail station, Texas Detachment Troop E, 9th Cavalry

1870
DATE LOCATION UNIT/S
January 3 - Scout on Rio Grand and Pecos Detachment Troops G and I 9th Cavalry and
February 6 River, Texas Company K, 24th Infantry
January 6 - Scout in Guadalupe Mountains,
Detachment Troops H and I, 9th Cavalry
February 10 Texas
January 16 Indian Village, Texas Troops G and L, 9th Cavalry
Delaware Creek, Guadalupe
January 20 Detachment Troops C, D, I and K, 9th Cavalry
Mountains Texas
April 3 San Martine Springs Texas Detachment Troop F, 9th Cavalry
April 6 Near Clear Creek, Texas Detachment Troop M, 10th Cavalry
April 25 Crow Springs, Texas Detachment Troop C and K, 9th Cavalry
May 19-20 Kickapoo Springs, Texas Detachment Troop F, 9th Cavalry
May 29 Bass Canyon, Texas Troop K, 9th Cavalry
Near Camp Supply, Indian
June 9 Detachment Troops F and H, 10th Cavalry
Territory
June 10 Snake Creek, Indian Territory Troop H, 10th Cavalry
June 11 Camp Supply, Indian Territory Troops A, F, H, I and K, 10th Cavalry

1871
DATE LOCATION UNIT/S
April 27 Ft. Sill, Indian Territory Detachment Troop E, 10th Cavalry
May 12 Near Red River, Texas Detachment Troop L, 10th Cavalry
May 17 Ft. Sill, Indian Territory Troops B, D, E and H, 10th Cavalry
May 21 Camp Melvin Station Detachment Company K, 25th Infantry
June 30 Staked Plains, Texas Detachment Troop I, 9th Cavalry
 Headwaters of Concho River,
July 22
Texas
July 31 Near Ft. McKavett, Texas
Spetember 1 Near Ft. McKavett, Texas
September 19 Foster Springs, Indian Territory
Detachment Troop F, 9th Cavalry
Detachment Troop M, 9th Cavalry and Company A, 24th
Infantry
Detachment Troop M, 9th Cavalry and Company A, 24th
Infantry
Detachment Troop, B 10th Cavalry

1872
DATE LOCATION UNIT/S
Near Howard's Well,
April 20 Troops A and H, 9th Cavalry
Texas
Detachment Troop C, 9th Cavalry, Company K, 24th Infantry, and
May 20 On La Pendencia, Texas
Seminole Negro Indian Scouts
Deep River, Indian
July 12 Troops A and L, 10th Cavalry
Territory
Otter Creek, Indian
July 22 Troops A and L, 10th Cavalry
Territory
July 28 Central Station, Texas Detachment Company K, 25th Infantry

1873
DATE LOCATION UNIT/S
April 27 Eagle Springs, Texas Detachment Company B, 25th Infantry
August 31 Near Pease River, Texas Troops E and I, 10th Cavalry
October 1 Central Station, Texas Detachment Company K, 25th Infantry
December 5 Elm Creek, Texas Detachment Troop D, 10th Cavalry

1874
DATE LOCATION UNIT/S
February 2 Home Creek, Texas Detachment Troop A, 10th Cavalry
February 5 Double Mountains, Texas Troops G and D, 10th Cavalry
Between Red River and Big Wichita River,
May 2 Detachment Troop K, 10th Cavalry
Texas
May 18 Carrizo Mountains, Texas Detachment Company B, 25th Infantry
August 22- Troops C, E, H and L, 10th Cavalry and
Wichita Agency, Indian Territory
23 Company I, 25th Infantry
December Kingfisher Creek on North Fork of Canadian
Troops D and M, 10th Cavalry
20 River Indian Territory
 1875
DATE LOCATION UNIT/S
Solis Ranch, near Ringgold Barracks,
January 26 Detachment Troop G, 9th Cavalry
Texas
January 27 Near Ringgold Barracks, Texas Troops B and G, 9th Cavalry
Near Cheyenne Agency, Indian
April 6 Troops D and M, 10th cavalry
Territory
Eagle Nest crossing of Pecos River,
April 25 Seminole Negro Indian Scouts
Texas
May 5 Battle Point, Texasa Troops A, F, G, I and L, 10th Cavalry
Troop G and L, 10th Cavalry and Seminole Negro
November 2 Near Pecos River, Texas
Indian Scouts

1876
DATE LOCATION UNIT/S
February 18 Carrizo Mountains, Texas Detachment Company B, 25th Infantry
Detachment Troop B, 10th Cavalry and Seminole Negro Indian
July 30 Near Saragossa, Mexico
Scouts
Florida Mountains, New
September 15 Troop F, 9th Cavalry
Mexico

1877
DATE LOCATION UNIT/S
January 23 Florida Mountains, New Mexico Detachment Troop C, 9th Cavalry
January 28 Sierra Boca Grande, Mexico Deatchment Troop C, 9th Cavalry
April 1 Rio Grande, near Devil's River, Texas Seminole Negro Indian Scouts
Troop G, 10th Cavalry and Seminole Negro Indian
May 4 Lake Quemada, Texas
Scouts
Black Range, Miembres Mountains, New
May 30 Detachment Troops C and I, 9th Cavalry
Mexico

1878
DATE LOCATION UNIT/S
August 5 Dog Canyon, New Mexico Troops F and H, 9th Cavalry
 1879
DATE LOCATION UNIT/S
January 15 Cormedos Mountains, New Mexico Troop A, 9th Cavalry
March 8 Ojo Caliente, New Mexico Troop I, 9th Cavalry
July 25 Near Salt Lake or Sulphur, Texas Detachment Troop H, 10th Cavalry
September 4 Ojo Caliente, New Mexico Detachment Troop E, 9th Cavalry
September 16 Van Horn Mountains, Texas Detachment Troop H, 10th Cavalry
September 18 Las Animas River, New Mexico Troops A, B, C, and G, 9th Cavalry
September 28 Near Ojo Caliente, New Mexico Troop E, 9th Cavalry
September 29 Cuchillo Negro River, Miembres Mountains,
Troops B, C, G and L, 9th Cavalry
-October 1 New Mexico
September 30 Near Canada de Alamosa, New Mexico Detachment Troop E, 9th Cavalry
October 2-4 Milk Creek, Colorado Troop D, 9th Cavalry
October 5 Milk Creek, Colorado Troop D, 9th Cavalry
October 10 White River, Colorado Troop D, 9th Cavalry
San Guzman Mountains, near Corralitos, Detachment Troops B, C, G and H, 9th
October 27
Mexico Cavalry
November 1 Big Bend of Rio Grande, Texas Seminole Negro Indian Scouts
November 29-30 Sierra del Carmen, Mexico Troop C, 10th Cavalry

1880
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DATE LOCATION UNIT/S

January 12 Rio Puerco, New Mexico Troops B, C, F, H, and M, 9th Cavalry
January 17 San Mateo Mountains New Mexico Troops B, C, F, H, and M, 9th Cavalry
January 30 Cabello Mountains, New Mexico Detachment Troops B and M, 9th Cavalry
February 3 San Andreas Mountains, New Mexico Troops B, C, F, H, and M, 9th Cavalry
February 28 Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico Troop A, 9th Cavalry
April 3 Near Pecos Falls, Texas Troops F and L, 10th Cavalry
Miembrillo Canyon, San andreas Mountains,
April 5 Troop A, 9th Cavalry
New Mexico
Miembrillo Canyon, San Andreas
April 6 - 9 Troops A, D, F, and G, 9th Cavalry
Mountains, New Mexico
April 9 Shake Hand Springs, Texas Troop K, 10th Cavalry
April 16 Camp near South Fork, New Mexico Detachment Troop G, 9th Cavalry
Troops H and L, 9th Cavalry and D, E, F, K, and
April 16 Messcalero Agency, New Mexico
L, 10th Cavalry
April 17 Near Dog Canyon, New Mexico Troops H and L, 9th Cavalry
April 20 Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico Detachment Troop L, 10th Cavalry
May 14 Old Fort Tulerosa, New Mexico Deatchment Troops E, I and K, 9th Cavalry
June 5 Cook's Canyon, New Mexico Troops A, D, K, and L, 9th Cavalry
July 30 Rock Bridge or Eagle Pass, Texas Troops C and G, 10th Cavalry
August 3 Alamo Springs, Texas Troops B, C, G, and H, 10th Cavalry
August 4 Camp Safford, Guadalupe Mountains, Texas Detachment Troop F, 10th Cavalry
August 6 Guadalupe Mountains, Texas Troop F, 10th Cavalry
Detachment Troops H, 10th Cavalry and Company
August 6 Near Rattlesnake Springs, Texas
H, 24th Infantry
August 6 Rattlesnake Springs, Texas Troops B, C, G and H, 10th Cavalry
September 1 Aqua Chiquita, Sacramento Mountains Detachment G, 9th Cavalry
October 28 Ojo Caliente, Texas Detachment Troops B and K, 10th Cavalry

1881
DATE LOCATION UNIT/S
January 24Near Canada Alamosa, New Mexico Detachment Troop A, 9th Cavalry
February 5Candelaria Mountains, New Mexico Detachment Troop K, 9th Cavalry
May 3 Sierra del Burro, Mexico Seminole Negro Indian Scouts
July 17 Alamo Canyon, New Mexico Detachment Troop L, 9th Cavalry
July 19 Arena Blanca, New Mexico Detachment Troop L, 9th Cavalry
July 25 White Sands, New Mexico Detachment Troop L, 9th Cavalry
July 26 San Andreas Mountain, New Mexico Detachment Troop L, 9th Cavalry
August 3 Monica Springs, New Mexico Detachment Troop L, 9th Cavalry
August 12 Carrizo Canyon, New Mexico Detachment Troop K, 9th Cavalry
August 16 Rio Cuchillo Negro, New Mexico Troop I, 9th Cavalry
Near San Mateo Mountains Black Range, New
August 16 Detachment Troops B, and H, 9th Cavalry
Mexico
August 19 McEwer's Ranch in Guerillo Canyon, New Mexico Detachment Troops B and H, 9th Cavalry
October 4 South Pass of Dragoon Mountains, Arizona Troops F and H, 9th Cavalry

1886
DATE LOCATION UNIT/S
May 3 Near Penito Mountains, Sonora, Mexico Troop K, 10th Cavalry
October 18 Black River Mountain, Arizona Troop H, 10th Cavalry

1887
 DATE LOCATION UNIT/S
June 11 Rincon Mountains, Arizona Detachment Troops E and L, 10th Cavalry
November 5 Crow Agency, Montana Troop H, 9th Cavalry

1889
DATE LOCATION UNIT/S
Cedar Springs, Detachment Troops C and G, 10th Cavalry and Companys B, C, E and K,
May 11
Arizona 24th Infantry

1890
DATE LOCATION UNIT/S
March 7 Near mouth of Cherry Creek, Salt River, Arizona Troop K, 10th Cavalry
December 30 Near Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota Troop D, 9th Cavalry
December 30 Near Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota Troops E, I and K, 9th Cavalry
Drexel or Catholic Mission near White Clay Creek, South Troops D, E, I, and K, 9th
December 30
Dakota Cavalry

1893
DATE LOCATION UNIT/S
Las Muias ranch, Starr County, Texas
February 23 Seminole Negro Indian Scouts
30 miles north of FT. Ringgold