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What was the nickname given to the African Americans regiments of the U.S. Army that helped to keep the peace among American Indians in the West after Civil War?

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Buffalo Soldiers

They were called Buffalo Soldiers, because that's the name the Indians gave them. They gave them that name, because they looked like buffalos.

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