Uniforms are used for identification as well as to provide a sense of unity during any conflict, and the American Civil War (1861-1865 ... between some divisions—cavalry and infantry, for ...

Native Americans had been utilized as Scouts as far back as white men had been settling the American ... War, Indians from more than a dozen tribes were enlisted to assist the Army during the ...

Grant knew the Union was short of engineers and helped Parker get into the Union uniform ... the highest-ranking American Indian in the Union Army. After the war, he stayed on as Grant's secretary ...

These crucial aircraft are all named after Native American tribes or figures ... who fought Army Soldiers in the Sioux Wars and defeated the 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of Little Bighorn.