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Fort Davis National Historic SiteA winter snow scene at Fort Davis National Historic Site.
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African Americans in the Frontier Army
   The Act of 1866 increased the size of the Regular Army, thus changing the course of military history by affording African Americans a permanent place in the Armed Forces of the United States.
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Second Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper    
   FIRST BLACK GRADUATE OF WEST POINT
       Born into slavery at Thomasville, Georgia on March 21, 1856, Flipper became the first African American graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point.
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Photo of post hospital Fort Davis 1880s.  

Did You Know?
Doctors hired by the U.S. Army in the 19th century were some of the best trained physicians in the United States. The army examination for surgeons and assistant surgeons was rigorous and complex.

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