Download or read book Black Officer in a Buffalo Soldier Regiment written by Brian Shellum and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unheralded military hero, Charles Young (18641922) was the third black graduate of West Point, the first African American national park superintendent, the first black U.S. military attachÉ, the first African American officer to command a Regular Army regiment, and the highest-ranking black officer in the Regular Army until his death. Black Officer in a Buffalo Soldier Regiment tells the story of the man who-willingly or not-served as a standard-bearer for his race in the officer corps for nearly thirty years, and who, if not for racial prejudice, would have become the first African American general.