Pancho Villa Expedition, Buffalo Soldiers, 1916
Entitled: Mexico - U.S. campaign against Villa - 10th Cavalry waving hats. Buffalo Soldiers originally were members of the US 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. This nickname was given to the Negro Cavalry by the Native American tribes they fought in the Indian Wars. The term eventually became synonymous with all of the African American regiments formed in 1866: 9th Cavalry Regiment, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 24th Infantry Regiment, and 25th Infantry Regiment. The Pancho Villa Expedition was a military operation conducted by the US Army against the paramilitary forces of Mexican revolutionary Francisco Pancho Villa from March 14, 1916, to February 7, 1917, during the Mexican Revolution of 1910-20. The expedition was launched in retaliation for Villa's attack on the town of Columbus, New Mexico, and was the most remembered event of the Border War. The declared objective of the expedition by the Wilson administration was the capture of Villa. Despite successfully locating and defeating the main body of Villa's command, responsible for the raid on Columbus, US forces were unable to achieve Wilson's stated main objective of preventing Villa's escape. Photographed by Underwood and Underwood, 1916
