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Buell, Don Carlos, 1818-1898

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Personal name headingBuell, Don Carlos, 1818-1898
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedMuhlenberg County (Ky.) West Point (N.Y.)
Birth date1818-03-23
Death date1898-11-19
Place of birthLowell (Ohio)
Place of deathMuhlenberg County (Ky.)
Paradise (Ky.)
AffiliationUnited States Military Academy
Profession or occupationArmy officers Generals Businessmen
Found innuc86-571: His Statement of Major General Buell ... 1863 (hdg. on WHi rept.: Buell, Don Carlos, 1818-1898; usage: Major General Buell)
NUCMC data from Indiana Historical Society for Wallace, L. Papers, 1799-1923 (Don Carlos Buell)
WWWA, 1607-1896 (Don Carlos Buell; army officer)
Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 137 ("Don Carlos Buell" Civil War general, born March 23, 1818 in Lowell, Ohio. Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on July 1, 1841. Served in the Army in the Mexican American War and the Civil War. Assumed command of the Department of the Ohio on November 15, 1861 and was instrumental in keeping Kentucky in the Union by commanding several engagments across the state, including at Bowling Green, Louisville, Bardstown, and Perryville, the last three with Confederate General Bragg's troops. Questions about his failure to prevent General Bragg's escape across Kentucky led him to be relieved of command on October 30, 1862. After a hearing that found him innocent, he was reinstated on April 25, 1863. He resigned his commission on June 1, 1864. Moved to Kentucky and became president of the Green River Iron Company in Muhlenberg County, Ky. Gov. Blackburn appointed him one of the twelve members of the first board of trustees of the Agricultural and Mechanical College (now University of Kentucky.) Died on November 19, 1898 in Paradise, Kentucky.)
Associated languageeng