Fort Huachuca was the historic home of the Army's Buffalo Soldiers, the Army's regiments of Black soldiers (24th and 25th Infantry Regiments and the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments) from 1892-1945.

Kautz, commander of the Department of Arizona, ordered that a camp be established in the Huachuca Mountains. The Fort was the home of the 10th Cavalry "Buffalo Soldiers" for 20 years and was ...