9th and 10th Cavalry, and the 23rd and 24th Infantry are collectively the Buffalo Soldiers. So you have 4 regiments of black troops, just figure out how many enlisted people were in a regiment from 1865 to 1900, and you have your answer. The 10th Cavalry (dismounted) and the 24th Infantry fought next to Roosevelt and the Rough Riders in Cuba (Spanish-American War), and it was the 10th Cavalry who were the first troops to reach the Little Big Horn on June 26th.
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