More than 180,000 African-Americans served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Of these, more than 33,000 died. After the war, the future of African-Americans in the U.S. Army was in doubt. In July 1866, however, Congress passed legislation establishing two cavalry and four infantry regiments (later consolidated to two) whose enlisted composition was to be made up of African-Americans. The majority of the new recruits had served in all Black units during the war. The mounted regiments were the 9th and 10th Cavalries, soon nicknamed Buffalo Soldiers by the Cheyenne and Comanche. Until the early 1890s they constituted 20 percent of all cavalry forces on the American frontier.

Because of the heroic efforts of the original Buffalo Soldiers, a motorcycle club was named in their honor. The Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club of North Carolina was formed on June 1st, 2001. The soul idea was to have Fayetteville and the State of North Carolina represented by some of the finest military and civilian personnel and also uphold the legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers from the 9th and 10th Calvary.