Buffalo soldiers were African American soldiers who mainly served on the
Western frontier following the American Civil War. In 1866, six all-black
cavalry and infantry regiments were created after Congress passed the
Army Organization Act. Their main tasks were to help control the Native
Americans of the Plains, capture cattle rustlers and thieves and protect
settlers, stagecoaches, wagon trains and railroad crews along the Western front.
https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/buffalo-soldiers
Oh yeah, all true.
Oddly the buffalo soldiers fought under the command of the likes of Garfield and McKinley who would become US Presidents, but they were there with the buffalo soldiers fighting the Apache..
We better tear down some statues...