Studio portrait of Chloe Flipper, wife of Henry O. Flipper, the first black graduate of West Point. Henry Ossian Flipper was an American soldier, former slave and, in 1877, the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, earning a commission as a second lieutenant in the US Army. He was assigned to the 10th Cavalry Regiment, one of the four all-black "buffalo soldier" regiments in the Army, and became the first black officer to command regular troops in the U.S. Army. (Previously, all-black regiments had been commanded by white officers. [Wikipedia] Written on back of photo: Mrs. Henry O. Flipper (Chloe Flipper) wife of first black graduate of west point, Henry O. Flipper
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