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25th Infantry Bicycle Corps
Album Description
In 1896, the 25th made its first sojourn from Fort Missoula to Yellowstone National Park, tackling roughly 800 miles, including the return journey. A year later, Moss, along with another white officer, assistant surgeon James Kennedy, would travel with their now 20 black compatriots on a 1,900 mile expedition to St. Louis, Missouri.
“The chosen route closely followed the Northern Pacific Railroad from the corps headquarters at Fort Missoula to Billings, Montana,” HistoryNet reported. “From there it paralleled the Burlington Northern Railroad through Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Missouri.”
Military 25th Infantry Buffalo Soldiers Bikes Bicycles Social Studies/History
1896 Army Bicycle Corp
Teaching Notes
The 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps was a unit of black soldiers commanded by a white officer, Lt. James A. Moss, which was formed in 1896 to test the combat viability of bicycle-mounted troops by riding from Missoula, Montana to Saint Louis, Missouri. Black Soldiers Buffalo Soldiers Bicycles Lt James Moss
Photo - 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps
Teaching Notes
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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 25th. Bicycle Corps Digitized at the University of Montana Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library. Scanned as a master TIFF using Epson Expression 10000XL at 800 ppi, 24-bit color. Used Adobe Photoshop CS to create JPG derivative, 570 pixels along the long edge. bicycle corps Black soldiers 25th Infantry |
25th Infantry Bicycle Corps in a field
Teaching Notes
| 1896; 1897; 1898 | |
| Date (unknown or estimated) | Circa 1897 |
| Subject (LCSH) |
Soldiers |
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume], October 20, 1897, Page 2, Image 2
Teaching Notes
Report of the Trip from Missoula to St Louis.
Social Studies/History 25th Infantry Buffalo Soldiers Black Soldiers
Reference note
Newspaper: The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047084/1897-10-20/ed-1/seq-2
Image provided by: University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047084/1897-10-20/ed-1/seq-2.pdf
Bicycles in the Army
Reference note
Newspaper: The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064111/1897-06-05/ed-1/seq-3
Image provided by: Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064111/1897-06-05/ed-1/seq-3.pdf
Fort Missoula Soldiers Preparing to Make an Experiment
Teaching Notes
The Anaconda standard. [volume], July 12, 1896, Page 10, Image 10
Black Soldiers 25th Infantry Bicycle s Social Studies/History
Reference note
Newspaper: The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84036012/1896-07-12/ed-1/seq-10
Image provided by: Montana Historical Society; Helena, MT
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84036012/1896-07-12/ed-1/seq-10.pdf
Miles Idea of a Regiment of Military Wheelmen
Reference note
Newspaper: The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042461/1898-07-31/ed-1/seq-21
Image provided by: University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042461/1898-07-31/ed-1/seq-21.pdf
Corps Will Make A Practical Test Trip over Rough Western Roads Under Lieutenant Moss
Teaching Notes
The Lafayette gazette. [volume], June 05, 1897, Image 3
Lieutenant Moss Social Studies/History Black Soldiers Bicycles
Reference note
Newspaper: The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064111/1897-06-05/ed-1/seq-3
Image provided by: Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064111/1897-06-05/ed-1/seq-3.pdf
25TH INFANTRY BICYCLE CORPS (1896-97)
Teaching Notes
The 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps was a unit of black soldiers commanded by a white officer, Lt. James A. Moss, which was formed in 1896 to test the combat viability of bicycle-mounted troops by riding from Missoula, Montana to Saint Louis, Missouri. Moss, a West Point graduate and avid cyclist who held his black enlisted men in high regard, wrote Major General Nelson Miles about his interest in the use of the bicycle in warfare.
Bicycle Corps: America's Black Army on Wheels
Teaching Notes
This program tells the story of the 25th Infantry's bicycle trip from Missoula, Montana, to St. Louis, Missouri in 1897. The African American infantry took the trip to test a theory that the bicycle would replace the horse in transporting men for the army. The program also examines the life of the African American soldier at the turn of the century, in particular First Sergeant Mingo Sanders.
'City Corner - Buffalo Soldiers & Bicycles'
Reference note
'City Corner - Buffalo Soldiers & Bicycles
Host: Steve Potter
May 2017
Guest: Angela de Silva, Black Tourism Network
Guest: Anne Milford - Great Rivers Greenway
A discussion with Angela da Silva and Anne Milford about this year's Mary Meachum Celebration and the upcoming event "Buffalo Soldiers & Bicycles." The Montana to St. Louis bike ride pays tribute to a 41-day bicycle ride in 1887 when soldiers from the 25th Colored Infantry made that same trip.
For more information, visit http://www.greatriversgreenway.org and http://www.marymeachum.org.
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'\"The Bicycle Corps: America\'s Black Army On Wheels\" (2000)'
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'Directed by Gus Chambers
The story of the 25th Infantry's bicycle trip from Missoula, Montana, to St. Louis, Missouri in 1897. The African American infantry took the trip to test a theory that the bicycle would replace the horse in transporting men for the army. The program also examines the life of the African American soldier at the turn of the century, in particular First Sergeant Mingo Sanders. Produced my Montana PBS.
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