10th US Cavalry Yard Long Photo 1910 Afro American

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You are bidding on a framed original panoramic photo of the 10th US Cavalry at Pine Camp NY in 1910.The photo was taken by L.M. Hermance of Pokeepsie N.Y. and measures 44-1/4" X 7-1/2" including the frame.One distinguished soldier who's more than likely in this photograph is Charles Young He was the 3rd black graduate of West Point. He saw action in both the Spanish American War and the Punitive Expedition (1916) and he advanced to be Colonel. He was denied combat command in WWII, so to show his fitness, he rode a horse from Xavier, OH to Washington DC. About the 10th US Cavalry: Following the end of the Civil War, the United States began its great expansion westward. On June 28, 1866, Congress authorized the creation of six regiments of "Negro" troops, two cavalry and four infantry, to protect the settlers and aid in the opening of the West. The 10th U.S. Cavalry, activated at Fort Leavenworth, KS, on July 28, 1866 under the command of Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson. The regiment was composed of Negro volunteers, freed slaves and some Civil War veterans. D Troop was constituted as Company D, 10th Cavalry and organized 1 June 1867. (Cavalry units were not designated as troops until 1883). In July 1867, the Troop moved to Fort Riley, KS, to take up its first duty assignment patrolling the Kansas and Pacific Railroad. Before the year ended, the entire Regiment joined General Phil Sheridan to ride against Black Kettle's Band of Cheyenne. Cited for gallantry by General Sheridan, the Regiment moved south to the Oklahoma territory building what is now known as Fort Sill. While in Oklahoma, the troopers fought the Comanche and earned from them the name of "Buffalo Soldiers." This term of honor still lives today as the main symbol of the Regiment. By 1874, the Comanche were defeated and the "Buffalo Soldiers" moved west to Texas to fight the Apaches. In 1880, the 10th Cavalry chased Chief Victorio and his band in to Mexico and defeated him. In 1885, the Regiment fought Geronimo and his renegades for two years before returning to garrison duty along with the Regiment . In 1898, the Spanish-American war began and D Troop was sent along with the Regiment to the shores of Cuba. They fought at Las Guasimas, Santiago and charged San Juan Hill alongside the "Rough Riders" of Teddy Roosevelt. The Commander of D Troop, Lieutenant John J. Pershing, received the Silver Star for his bravery during this campaign. After the Spanish-American War, the Regiment served in Cuba and occupation duty in the Philippines. In 1913, the Troop returned to the southwest along with the Regiment to Fort Huachuca, AZ, patrolling the Mexican border. T it joined the expedition into Mexico to subdue Pancho Villa in 1916. The Troop demobilized on 1 September 1921. About Pine Camp: Pine Camp: In 1907 the Black River Great bend area was first used by the NY Guard for summer maneuvers as Camp Hughes. In 1908, Brigadier General Frederick Dent Grant, son of General Ulysses S. Grant, was sent t with 2,000 regulars and 8,000 militia. He found Pine Plains to be an ideal place to train troops. The following year money was allocated to purchase the land and summer training continued t through the years. With the outbreak of WWII, the area then known as Pine Camp was selected for a major expansion and an additional 75,000 acres of land was purchased. By Labor Day 1941, 100 tracts of land were taken over. Contractors then went to work, and in a period of 10 months at a cost of $20 million, an entire city was built to house the divisions scheduled to train Eight hundred buildings were constructed; 240 barracks, 84 mess halls, 86 storehouses, 58 warehouses, 27 officers' quarters, 22 headquarters buildings, and 99 recreational buildings as well as guardhouses and a hospital. The three divisions to train at Pine Camp were General George S. Patton's 4th Armored Division (Gen. Creighton Abrams was a battalion commander at the time), the 45th Infantry Division and the 5th Armored Division. The post also served as a prisoner... read more

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