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Buford, John, 1826-1863

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Personal name headingBuford, John, 1826-1863
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedIllinois West Point (N.Y.)
Birth date1826-03-04
Death date1863-12-16
Place of birthWoodford County (Ky.)
AffiliationUnited States Military Academy
Profession or occupationArmy officers Generals
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Found inGibbon, J. Papers (John Buford; b. 1826; d. 1863; served in the U.S. Civil War, possibly a general)
Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 138 ("John Buford", Union cavalry general, born in Woodford County, Ky. on March 4, 1826. Moved with his family to Illinois in the early 1840s. Received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point where he graduated in 1848. Served in the Mexican American War and the Civil War. Was made a general shortly before he died of typhoid fever on December 16, 1863.)
Associated languageeng