Captain Dodge's Colored Troopers to the Rescue

Frederic Remington. Captain Dodge's Colored Troopers to the Rescue. C. 1890.

During his tenure in the American West, Frederic Remington witnessed the bravery of African American soldiers in battle with Apache Indians. In the 1880s and 1890s, Remington executed a number of paintings portraying the four African American calvary regiments organized as permanent army units by an act of Congress in 1866. Located west of the Mississippi, these calvary units were led by white officers.
Description: Tempera on paper, 19 and 1/4 x 36 and 5/8. Signed in lower right.
Location: Possession of Mrs. C.S. Mott.
Source: Guy McElroy. Facing History: The Black Image in American Art