Don Carlos Buell
Born: March 23, 1818
Birthplace: Lowell, Ohio
Father: Salmon D. Buell 1794 – 1823
(Buried: Buell Cemetery, Lowell, Ohio)
Mother: Elizabeth Buell
Wife: Margaret Hunter 1821 – 1881
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri)
Married: 1851
Education:
1841: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (32nd in class)
Occupation before War:
1841 – 1846: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Infantry Regiment
1846 – 1851: 1st Lt. United States Army, 3rd Infantry Regiment
1846: Brevetted Captain for Gallantry at Battle of Monterrey Mexico
1847: Brevetted Major for Gallantry at Contreras and Churchbusco
1847 – 1848: Adjutant for United States Army, 3rd Infantry Regiment
1848: Brevetted Captain and Assistant Adjutant General U.S. Army
1848 – 1849: Assistant Adjutant in U.S. Army Adjutant General Office
1849 – 1851: Assistant Adjutant for U.S. Army 6th Military Department
1851: Assistant Adjutant General for Department of New Mexico
1852 – 1855: Assistant Adjutant for 8th Military Department
1855 – 1856: Assistant Adjutant for U.S. Army Department of Texas
1857 – 1858: Assistant Adjutant for U.S. Army Department of East
1858 – 1859: Assistant Adjutant for U.S. Army Department of West
1859 – 1861: Assistant Adjutant General for U.S. War Department
1861: Brevetted Major and Assistant Adjutant General in U.S. Army
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General, U.S. Army
1861: Assistant Adjutant General for U.S. Army, Department of Pacific
1861 – 1862: Brigadier General, Union Army Volunteers Infantry
1861: Served in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.
1861 – 1862: Commander of U.S. Army, Department of the Ohio
1862: Commander of Union Army of Ohio
1862: Served in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
1862 – 1864: Major General of Union Army Volunteers Infantry
1862: Served in the Siege of Corinth, Mississippi
1862: Served in Kentucky until being relieved of command
1862 – 1863: Went before committee to investigate his role in Tennessee and Kentucky
1863 – 1864: Awaiting Orders in Indianapolis, Indiana
1864: Mustered out of Service in Army on June 1st
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1870: President of Green River, Kentucky Iron Works
Defended himself and criticized General Grant with his writing
Businessman with Coal mining in Green River, Kentucky
1885 – 1889: United States Pension Agent for Federal Government
Died: November 19, 1898
Place of Death: Rockport, Kentucky
Age at time of Death: 80 years old
Burial Place: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri
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