Originally published in hardcover in 1999, by University of Oklahoma Press in Norman, Oklahoma. Black Soldiers' Stories.

Part 1. The regiment and its commander: All that soldiers should be ; The colonel of the buffaloes -- Part 2. Years of crisis: Victory, slander, and doubt : the image of the Ninth Cavalry, 1866-81 ; E.M. Heyl, the genteel racist of San Pedro Springs ; "Hoodoos" and kangaroo courts : the "near mutiny" at Fort Stockton ; "Humpy" Jackson, racist killer and folk hero of the San Saba ; Torment and torture : Captain Ambrose Hooker and the agony of E Troop -- Part 3. Years of glory, 1879-91: Major Guy Henry, champion of the buffalo soldiers ; Death and resurrection : Captain Charles Parker and K Troop -- Part 4. Honor and dishonor : episodes from the barracks and officers' row: Medals and courts-martial : the enigma of Sergeant Emanuel Stance ; Private Miller's martyrdom and the triumph of L Troop ; A hero named Daisy : Lieutenant Matthias Day ; From asylum to Valhalla : the "crazy" lieutenant of G Troop ; Sergeant Brent Woods : the odyssey of a hero ; From dishonor to glory : two lieutenants of I Troop ; "Dear Cecilia" : when a hero meets a maid ; Sergeant Alexander Jones and the demise of Captain Beyer ; "Too indecent for publication!" : the lonely passion of Sergeant Dickerson -- Part 5. Racism resurgent: The ordeal of Chaplain Plummer ; The Black lieutenants : "A dark day for the Ninth Horse!" ; The failure of the quest.