IN 1866,CONGRESS AUTHORIZED PROVISIONS FOR FORMING SIX REGULAR ARMY UNITS OF NERGO SOLDIERS,TWO CAVALRY AND FOUR INFANTRY(9TH,10TH CAVALRY,38TH,39TH,40TH AND 41ST INFANTRY).THE INFANTRY UNITS WERE COMBINED ABOUT A YEAR LATER AND BECAME THE 24TH AND 25TH INFANTRY.THEY OPENED THE PATH FOR SETTLERS INTO THE WEST AND WERE BRAVE FIGHTERS.THEIR REAL ENEMIES, PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION WERE OBSTACLES THAT FOR A TIME DENIED THEM OF THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVED.THEIR STORY IS ONE OF SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT AND A RECORD THAT EVERY AMERICAN,NO MATTER OF COLOR,CAN TAKE JUSTIFIABLE PRIDE.Discounted items are subject to stock on hand. |