John Buford
Date of Birth: March 4, 1826
Hometown: Woodford County,
KY
Education: West
Point, 1848
Final Wartime Rank: Major General
Final Peacetime Rank: N/A
Date of Death: December 16, 1863
Place of Death: Washington, DC
Buried At:
Arlington National Cemetery
Major Battles: Second Manassas, Antietam Campaign, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg
Interesting Fact(s): Buford's cavalry division, arriving in Gettysburg, PA on July 1, was able to hold a division of A.P. Hill's Corps, northwest of town, until John Reynold's I Corps arrived on the field. This allowed the Union army time to fortify on Cemetery Ridge, south of Gettysburg. Gettysburg would be Buford's last campaign, as he would die, in Washington, DC, of typhoid fever.
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