24th Infantry Regiment
Modern Era, United States, Infantry
The 24th Infantry Regiment was one of the historic Buffalo Soldier regiments of the United States Army. Organized in the post-Civil War period as part of the Army's African American regular regiments, it served on the frontier, in the Spanish-American War, and in the Philippine-American War, building a distinguished record under difficult conditions of segregation.
In the twentieth century the regiment remained an important Black regular regiment through the era of overseas expansion and into the segregated Army of the Second World War and Korea. Its history also reflects the Army's slow path toward desegregation, making the regiment important not only militarily but institutionally.
Although the regiment no longer exists as an active line regiment, the 24th Infantry remains one of the most important symbols of the Buffalo Soldiers and of the Black military tradition within the Regular Army.
Battalion Page
A dedicated battalion subpage now collects the regiment's known battalion icons and short sketches for the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions. Open the 24th Infantry Regiment Battalions page.