LC control no. | nr 92012425 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Buford, John, 1826-1863 |
Associated country | United States |
Located | Illinois West Point (N.Y.) |
Birth date | 1826-03-04 |
Death date | 1863-12-16 |
Place of birth | Woodford County (Ky.) |
Affiliation | United States Military Academy |
Profession or occupation | Army officers Generals |
Special note | Data provided by PAFC/PACSCL |
Found in | Gibbon, 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 language | eng |