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Map of Fort Brown, 1846
25th Infantry at Fort Missoula, circa 1900
Dorsie Willis, 1974 Minneapolis: It was a smiling 87-year-old Dorsie Willis that talked to reporters, 1/10, after he received a check for $25,000 from the U.S. Government for being the sole survivor of the Brownsville Massacre. In 1906, Willis and 166 other black soldiers were dishonorably discharged from the Army following a racial incident. Early last year the secretary of the Army ordered all of the discharges changed to honorable. 'I'm very grateful (for the check),' said Willis. 'It's a great birthday present. But it comes too many years too late.'
Buffalo soldiers of the 25th Infantry, some wearing buffalo robes, Ft. Keogh, Montana
Chaplain T. G. Steward
25th Infantry Bicycle corps, 1896
"Some of our brave colored boys who helped to free Cuba"
Harper's Weekly, January 12, 1907
Sergeant Mingo Sanders (center), with the Fort Missoula baseball team
Company B, 25th Infantry, Fort Shaw, Montana, 1888
Senator Joseph Foraker, 1908 Senator Foraker was primarily a friend to big businesses, and a supporter of de-regulation and laissez faire economics. However, he insisted to his death that his championing of the Brownsville soldiers, although prompted by political interests, was a fight to see justice done. His continued efforts to reverse the President’s decision, long after his allies in congress had abandoned him, supports his words.
Departure of the 25th Infantry from Fort Missoula, 1898
Company B of the 25th Infantry at Fort Snelling, MN, 1883
Map of Fort Brown and Brownsville, 1877
Brownsville passenger depot, 1907
Charge of the 24th and 25th Colored Infantry and Rescue of Rough Riders at San Juan Hill, July 2nd, 1898
Remember Brownsville political poster, 1906
Sergeant Mingo Sanders, Fort Missoula, 1895
Group of soldiers from Fort Missoula, circa 1900
Map of Texas indicating Brownsville
Postcard of Brownsville, c.1908
Springfield 1903 rifle