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They knew who had murdered the Buffalo Soldier at the remote fort. The mystery: Why?
- Private Basil Williams shot Corporal John Hartwell dead at Fort Buford, North Dakota, and later committed suicide in the Fargo jail.
- Williams was awaiting trial in the United States court for the murder of Hartwell, a fellow soldier in the Buffalo Soldier regiments.
- Both soldiers were part of the Buffalo Soldiers, African-American regiments formed after the wars with Native Americans ended following the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890.
- The cause of Williams's actions remains unknown, and he narrowly avoided lynching after the shooting.
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They knew who had murdered the Buffalo Soldier at the remote fort. The mystery: Why?
BUFORD, ND — Nobody noticed anything amiss when Pvt. Basil Williams silently stepped into the dayroom at Fort Buford, North Dakota. He was armed, but so were all the Buffalo Soldiers of Company C, 25th Infantry Regiment, in 1894. A lonely, harsh winter had passed. Spring promised warmth and a break from the isolation and boredom that April day. At least 15 soldiers, former slaves, freedmen, and Civil War veterans, gathered around a pool table as…
·Fargo, United States
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Leaning Left0Leaning Right9Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution64% Right
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- 64% of the sources lean Right
64% Right
C 36%
R 64%
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