Buffalo Soldier Secretly Was a She

The article focuses on Cathay Williams, a Buffalo soldier who served in the Union Army's 8th Indiana Regiment during the American Civil War and in the new Company A, 38th Infantry Regiment, from 1866 to 1868 under the alias William Cathey. Topics include Williams working at Jefferson Barracks, enlisting as a private in Company A and contracting an unnamed disease, and guarding settlements including Cooke's Pass on the Butterfield Overland Mail Stage Line.