Life span: 01/13/1807 to 03/28/1883TabsLife SummaryFull name: Napoleon Bonaparte BufordPlace of Birth: Woodford County, KYBurial Place: Rock Island, ILBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Slave StateFamily: John Buford (father), Nancy Hickman (mother), John Buford (half brother), Abraham Buford (cousin)Education: West Point (US Military Academy)Occupation: MilitaryBusinessmanOtherOther Occupation: EngineerRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderMilitary: US military (Pre-Civil War)Union Army Events Date span begin Life span End Event 03/31/1862 03/31/1862 In Obion County, Tennessee, a dawn attack on Union City routs its Confederate defenders Documents Images Napoleon Bonaparte Buford Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, detail Bibliography