The
10th Cavalry Regiment is a unit of the
United States Army. Formed as a segregated African-American unit, the 10th Cavalry was one of the original "
Buffalo Soldier" regiments. It served in combat during the
Indian Wars in the western United States, the
Spanish–American War in Cuba and in the
Philippine–American War. The regiment was trained as a combat unit but later relegated to non-combat duty and served in that capacity in World War II until its deactivation in 1944.