Buffalo Soldier, 25th Infantry, Fort Custer, Montana.

ID: 5477 ~ Source: Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/2010645137/. ~ Creator: O. S. Goff, photographer. ~ Date: Between 1884 and 1890.
This file appears in: Buffalo Soldiers at Greenville Encampment
Buffalo Soldier, 25th Infantry, Fort Custer, Montana.
This file appears in: Buffalo Soldiers at Greenville Encampment

By Rhett Breerwood
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