Buell, Don Carlos, 1818-1898

LC control no.	n 86000547
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Buell, Don Carlos, 1818-1898 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States
Located	Muhlenberg County (Ky.) West Point (N.Y.)
Birth date	1818-03-23
Death date	1898-11-19
Place of birth	Lowell (Ohio)
Place of death	Muhlenberg County (Ky.) Paradise (Ky.)
Affiliation	United States Military Academy
Profession or occupation	Army officers Generals Businessmen
Found in	nuc86-571: 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 language	eng