Cathay Williams: Buffalo Solider
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Cathay Williams was born in 1844 as a slave. During the Civil War she was impressed into service by the Union Army as a cook a laundress. Once the war was over she found herself needing employment. She joined the US Army in November 1866. This is is story of the life of Cathay Williams. The little that is known shows us the life of woman who wanted nothing more than to be self-sufficient.
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