Black Americans During the Civil War:  Heroes for the American Cause
Learning On-Line Learning Activity by Howard Taylor

Black Americans in the Civil War  the Buffalo Soldiers of the Old West Robert Smalls, Slave and Union Hero

The Native Americans had such great respect for the fighting abilities of black solders that they called them "Buffalo Soldiers," because of the soldiers' strength and courage they displayed during battle.

Hotlist of Resources

The Internet African American History Challenge	54th Mass Monument Celebration	54th Mass Boston African-American History Site	Augustus Saint Gaudens' Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and his 54th Regiment
Massachusettes State House Interactive Site:  54th Mass Memorial	African Americans in the Civil War	African American winners of the Congressional Medal of Honor	NPS:  History of Black People in the Civil War
African American Civil War Memorial, Washington D.C.	PBS: Slavery & the Making of America	The Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Ethan Allen	Discovery School: Buffalo Soldiers Lesson Plan
Ebony Report: Robert Smalls	About the USS Planter	Buffalo Soldiers & the Indian Wars of the Old West	Dept. of the Navy: Robert Smalls
PBS:  American Experience Reconstruction, the Second Civil War	PBS:  American Experience Reconstruction, the Second Civil War (Teacher's Guide)	The Louisiana Native Guards (First Black Union Soldiers) African American Odyssey: The Civil War	Frederick Douglass: The Black Man in the Civil War

Return to Black American in the Civil War Activity Page