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Person · 1844–1893

Cathay Williams

The first Black woman to enlist in the US Army, serving as a Buffalo Soldier under the name William Cathay by disguising herself as a man.

Military. The first Black woman to enlist in the US Army, serving as a Buffalo Soldier under the name William Cathay by disguising herself as a man.

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    The first Black woman to enlist in the US Army, serving as a Buffalo Soldier under the name William Cathay by disguising herself as a man.