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24TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources
CONTENTS General Sources...p.1 19th Century...p.2 20th Century...p.3
GENERAL SOURCES
Langellier, John P. "Chaplain Allen Allensworth and the 24th Infantry, 1886-1906." Smoke Signal (Fall 1980): pp. 190-208. Per.
Muller, William G. The Twenty Fourth Infantry Past and Present. Ft Collins, CO: Old Army Press, 1972 reprint of earlier ed (#603-24.1923). 133 p. #603-24.1972.
Oder, Barron K. "Education, 'Race-Adjustment", and the Military: The Life and Work of Chaplain Allen Allensworth, 24th Infantry, U.S. Army." PhD dss, U NM, 1994. 467 p. UH23.A44.O33.
Sawicki, James A. Infantry Regiments of the US Army. Dumfries, VA: Wyvern, 1981. pp. 100-01. #603-1.1981. General history of unit.
Schubert, Frank N. "The Black Regular Army Regiments in Wyoming, 1885-1912." MA Thesis, U WY, 1970. 121 p. F761.S38.
___. On the Trail of the Buffalo Soldier: Biographies of African Americans in the US Army, 1866- 1917. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly, 1995. 495 p. U52.O52.
Scipio, L. Albert. Last of the Black Regulars: A History of the 24th Infantry Regiment (1869-1951). Silver Spring, MD: Roman, 1983. 142 p. #603-24.1983.
___. "They Met the Challenge: The History of the 24th Infantry Regiment." Draft, 1970? ca 300 p. #603-24.1970. 24th Infantry Regiment p.2
U.S. Dept of Army. The Army Lineage Book. Vol. 2: Infantry. Wash, DC: GPO, 1953. pp. 132-33. UA25.U52.
19TH CENTURY
Bunch, J.A. “Recollections of the Twenty-fourth Infantry Regiment.” The American Oldtimer (Jul 1940): pp. 34-37. Per.
Clark, Michael J. "A History of the Twenty-fourth United States Infantry Regiment in Utah, 1896-1900." PhD dss, U UT, 1979. 146 p. #603-24.1980.
_____. U.S. Army Pioneers: Black Soldiers in Nineteenth-Century Utah. UT: Fort Douglas Military Museum, 1981. 16 p. E185.63.C57.
Cunningham, Roger. “’The Loving Touch’: Walter H. Loving’s Five Decades of Military Music.” Army History (Summer 2007): pp. 4-25. Per. Most notably, director of Philippine Constabulary Band.
Downey, Fairfax D. The Buffalo Soldiers in the Indian Wars. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1969. 127 p. #303-9CAV.1969. Includes all four regiments.
Fowler, Arlen L. The Black Infantry in the West, 1869-1891. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1971. 167 p. #603-24.1971.
Gose, Ernest B. Letters to father, 1888-1913. Papers. Arch. Officer of unit, who occasionally reported regimental news.
Johnson, Edward A. History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War.... Raleigh, NC: Capital, 1899. pp. 20-32. E735.J67. Account of SGM Pullen.
Jones, Ton & Gero, Anthony. “24th Regiment of Infantry, United States Army, 1888-1899.” Military Collector & Historian (Winter 1996): pp. 184-85. Per. Emphasis on uniforms.
Lamm, Alan K. “Buffalo Soldier Chaplains: A Case Study of the Five U.S. Army Chaplains, 1884- 1901.” Phd dss, U SC, 1995. 240 p. UH23.L36.
_____. “Buffalo Soldier Chaplains of the Old West.” Journal of America’s Military Past (Spring/Summer 1999): pp. 25-40. Per.
_____. Five Black Preachers in Army Blue, 1884-1901: The Buffalo Soldier Chaplains. [Allen Allensworth of the 24th] Lampeter, Wales: Edwin Mellen, 1998. 252 p. UH23.L36. 24th Infantry Regiment p.3
Ole, Henry A. Service docs. SAWSurvey, Arch. SGT in Co A.
Roberts, Frank E. “1898: Assault on San Juan Heights.” Assembly (Sep 1994): pp. 13-19. Per.
Rodenbough, Theophilus F., & Haskin, William W. The Army of the United States: Historical Sketches.... NY: Maynard, Merrill, 1896. pp. 695-96. UA25.A76.
20TH CENTURY
Bowers, William T. Black Soldier, White Army: The 24th Infantry Regiment in Korea. Wash, DC: USACMH, 1996. 294 p. DS919.B68.
_____, editor. Combat in Korea. 3 vols. Lexington, KY: U KY, 2008. DS919.B69.
Carlisle, David K . “The Last of the Black Regulars.” Assembly (Nov 1994): pp. 24-27 & 40-42. Per. Korea, 1950-51.
Christian, Barna L. "The Ordeal and the Prize: The 24th Infantry and Camp MacArthur." Military Affairs (Apr 1986): pp. 65-70. Per. Jul 1917 racial tension at Waco, TX, involving 1st Battalion.
Ent, Uzal W. “Forgotten Regiments of the Forgotten War.” Military History (Apr 2000): pp. 34-40. Per. 24th & 34th Infantry Regiments.
Gose, Papers, see above.
Morrow, Curtis J. What’s a Commie Ever Done to Black People?: A Korean War Memoir. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1997. 138 p. DS921.6.M67.
Nash, Horace D. “Community Building on the Border: The Role of the Twenty-Fourth Infantry Band at Columbus, New Mexico, 1916-22.” In Buffalo Soldiers in the West: A Black Soldiers’ Anthology. College Station, TX: TX A&M, 2007. pp. 267-76. E185.925.B84.
Richards, Miles S. “Osceola McKaine and the Struggle for Black Civil Rights: 1917-1946.” 276 p. U53M38.R53. Served w/ 24th prior to WWI; See Chap. 2.
Rishell, Lyle. With a Black Platoon in Combat: A Year in Korea. College Station, TX: TX A&M 1993. 176 p. DS921.6.R57. Jun 1950-May 1951, Company A. 24th Infantry Regiment p.4
Scipio, L. Albert. The 24th Infantry at Fort Benning. Silver Spring, MD: Roman, 1986. 373 p. #603-24.1986.
Stanton, Shelby L. Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1984. p. 204. UA25.5.S767.
U.S. Army. 24th Inf Regt. Twenty-fourth Infantry Organization Day Exercises, Seventh-First Anniversary: Twenty-fourth U.S. Infantry, Saturday, November 2, 1940, Fort Benning, Georgia. n.p., 1940? 30 p. #603-24.1940.
Whitehorne, Joseph W.A. "A Black Regiment's Experience at Madison Barracks, 1909." In A Shared Heritage: The Historical Legacy of Sackets Harbor and Madison Barracks. Ithaca, NY: Ithaca College, 1993. pp. 65-75. UA26.M34.S23.