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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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Chapter 1
A Young Slave Named Cathy Williams
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Chapter 2
The Civil War Descends upon the Land
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Chapter 3
New Challenge in the Eastern Theater
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Chapter 4
Triumph of the Spirit: First Female Buffalo Soldier
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Chapter 5
A Distinguished Legacy Perpetuated
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Chapter 6
The Buffalo Soldiers
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Chapter 7
Racial Clash at Fort Cummings
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Chapter 8
Winter Campaign against the Apache
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Chapter 9
Final Service in the Southwest
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Chapter 10
On Her Own Once Again
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Appendix
"Cathy Williams' Story" as published in the January 2, 1876 St. Louis Daily Times
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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