First black woman to enlist in the US military, a former slave, she joined the army under the male pseudonym William Cathay, 1866. She was discovered when being treated for smallpox and honorably discharged, 1868.
She remains the only known female buffalo soldier
First black woman to enlist in the US military, a former slave, she joined the army under the male pseudonym William Cathay, 1866. She was discovered when being treated for smallpox and honorably discharged, 1868.
She remains the only known female buffalo soldier