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The winning of the West and the history of Fort Huachuca owes a great debt to the first black U.S. Army units—the Buffalo Soldiers. On July 28, 1866, Congress passed legislation authorizing the formation of six Army regiments—the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments and the 38th, 39th, 40th, and 41st Infantry (later consolidated into the 24th and 25th Infantry Regiments)—to consist solely of black sold…