Buford, John

Life Span
to
Full name
John Buford
Place of Birth
Woodford County, KY
Burial Place
West Point Cemetery, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
2
Family
John Buford (father), Anne Bannister Watson (mother), Martha Duke (wife, 1854), Napoleon Bonaparte Buford (half brother), Abraham Buford (cousin)
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Other
Other Education
Knox College, IL
Occupation
Military
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
Date Event
Thousands of cavalrymen clash at Brandy Station, Virginia, in the largest cavalry battle of the war
Near Upperville, Virginia, Union cavalry again clashes with the Confederate cavalry screen
- Battle of Gettysburg
Attack of Confederate infantry on dismounted Union cavalry begins the collision of armies at Gettysburg
General John Reynolds killed in action within two hours of battle commencing at Gettysburg
- Union forces pursue Lee's into Maryland and Stuart's covering Confederates clash with Union cavalry
- Moving out from newly captured Culpeper, Virginia, Union cavalry units probe Confederate positions
Gettysburg Campaign
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