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United States Colored Troops
The
United States Colored Troops
(USCT) were regiments in the
United States Army
composed of mainly
African-American
(
colored
) soldiers, although non-African Americans
people of color
such as
Pacific Islanders
,
Asian Americans
and
Native Americans
also fought under USCT regiments. They were first recruited during the
American Civil War
, and by the end of that war in April, 1865, the 175 USCT regiments constituted about one-tenth the manpower of the
Union Army
. In the decades that followed the USCT soldiers fought in the
Indian Wars
in the
American West
, where they became known as the
Buffalo Soldiers
; they received the nickname from Native Americans who compared their hair to the fur of
bison
.
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