IN 1866,CONGRESS AUTHORIZED PROVISIONS FOR FORMING SIX REGULAR ARMY UNITS OF NEGRO 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. Click on New Release to see other items. MAILING ADDRESS: OMECHEFAMILY 5000 W. OAKEY BLVD STE B3 & 4 LAS VEGAS,NV 89146 PH (702)877-6639