The Black Troopers, or the Daring Heroism of the Negro Soldiers in the Spanish American War

by Miles V. Lynk

$5,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition. Frontispiece portrait, 31 woodcut plates. 163, 2 , 1, blank pp. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in blind and lettered in black, some spotting and staining. Item #346962 A rare regimental history detailing the heroics of black soldiers in the Spanish-American War, notable for its commentary on how the 9th U.S. Calvary, the Black Buffaloes, saved Roosevelt's Rough Riders from certain

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