"Book is a biography of US Army Lieutenant Powhatan Clarke, a young white man who graduated from West Point last in his class in 1884 and was assigned to the 10th US Cavalry, an African-American troop in the Southwest United States. He caught the attention of artist Frederic Remington, who included him and his troopers in many artworks. He was awarded a Medal of Honor for rescuing one of his troopers during a shoot out with Comanches. Clarke drowned in the Big Horn River in 1893"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction "Cadet Gray, and Army Blue" -- "In Dixie Land Whar I Was Born" -- "Benny Havens, Oh!" -- "Ere the Fair Land of Texas" -- "Oh, It's Old Arizona" -- "Oh, The Dragoon Bold!" -- "Regular Army Oh!" -- "We're Fighting Bulls of the Buffaloes" -- "We Went to Arizona for to Fight the Indians There" -- "Girl I Left Behind" -- Epilogue "Fiddler's Green".