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American soldier (1844–1893)

Cathay Williams
Born	September 1844 Independence, Missouri
Died	1893 (aged 50–51) Trinidad, Colorado
Other names	John Williams, William Cathay
Occupation(s)	Soldier, cook, seamstress
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Allegiance	United States of America
Years of service	1866–1868
Rank	private
Unit	38th U.S. Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army (Buffalo soldier)

Cathay Williams (September 1844 – 1893) was an American soldier. An African-American woman, she enlisted in the United States Army under the pseudonym William Cathay.

Williams became the first female to enlist and the only documented woman to serve in the U.S. Army while posing as a man during the Indian Wars.^[1]

Early life

Cathay Williams was born in September 1844 in Independence, Missouri to a free man and a woman in slavery, making her legal status also that of a slave.

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