Cathay Williams Military person

Cathay Williams (September 1844 - 1892) was an American soldier. She is the first African-American female to enlist, and the only documented to serve in the United States Army posing as a man, under the pseudonym William Cathay.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1844
Birth place
Independence Missouri
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1892
Place of death
Trinidad Colorado

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Military person

military operations
American Civil War
military branch
United States Army
military commandUnited States Army
military unit
Buffalo Soldier
38th United States Colored Infantry Regiment
service start1866
service end1868

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Cathay Williams on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://books.google.com/books?id=jWPL8OrbbacC
  2. http://web.archive.org/web/20080616094119/http:/www.goarmy.com/bhm/profiles_williams.jsp
  3. http://www.aframnews.com/html/2003-03-26/lead3.htm
  4. http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aaw/williams-cathay-1850
  5. http://www.buffalosoldier.net/CathayWilliamsFemaleBuffaloSoldierWithDocuments.htm
  6. http://www.goarmy.com/bhm/profiles_williams.jsp
  7. http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/23213