|
1090……(Born O.) Don Carlos Buell
(Ap’d Ind.)……32
Military
History. --- Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1837, to July 1, 1841,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Second Lieut., 3d
Infantry, July 1, 1841.
Served: in
the Florida War, 1841-42; in garrison at Ft. Stansbury, Fla., 1843, -- and
Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1843-44; on frontier duty at Ft. Jesup (Camp
Wilkins), La., 1844-45; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War
with Mexico, 1846-48, being engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846,
-- Battle of Resaca-de-la-Palma,
(First Lieut., 3d
Infantry, June 18, 1846, to Mar. 5, 1851)
May 9, 1846, -- Battle
of Monterey, Sep. 21-23, 1846,
(Bvt. Capt., Sep. 23,
1846, for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct
in the Several
Conflicts at Monterey, Mex.)
--Siege of Vera Cruz,
Mar. 9-29, 1847, -- Battle of Cerro Gordo, Apr. 17-18, 1847, -- Skirmish of
Ocalaca, Aug. 16, 1847, -- Battle of Contreras, Aug. 19-20, 1847, -- Battle
of Churubusco, Aug. 20, 1847, where he was severely wounded,
(Bvt. Major, Aug. 20,
1847, for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct
in the Battles of
Contreras and Churubusco, Mex.)
and as Adjutant, 3d
Infantry, Feb. 15, 1847, to Jan. 25, 1848; and as
(Bvt. Captain, Staff –
Asst. Adjutant-Gen., Jan. 25, 1848)
Asst.
Adjutant-General, in the Adjutant-General’s Office, Washington, D. C., July
1848, to Jan., 1849, -- of the 6th Military Department, Jan. 13,
1849, to Apr. 25, 1851, -- of the Department of New Mexico, July 19, to
Sept. 20, 1851, -- of the 8th Military Department, at Corpus
Christi, Tex., Oct. 30, 1852, to Oct. 31, 1855, -- of the Department of
Texas, Oct. 31, 1855, to dec. 11, 1856, -- of the Department of the East,
headquarters, Troy, N. Y., Feb. 19 to Sep. 14, 1857, -- of the Department of
the West, headquarters, St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 4, 1857, to May 17, 1858, -- of
the Department of Utah, May 3 to June 29, 1858, -- of the Department of the
West, headquarters, St. Louis, Mo., June 27, 1858, to Feb. 14, 1859, -- in
the War Department, on Special service, Feb. 14, 1859, to Mr. 20,
(Bvt. Major, Staff –
Asst. Adjutant-Gen., Feb. 25, 1861)
(Lieut.-Colonel, Staff
– Asst. Adjutant-Gen., May 11, 1861)
1861, -- and of the
Department of the Pacific, headquarters, San Francisco, Cal., May 20, to
Aug. 9, 1861.
Served
during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861-64: in the
(Brig.-General, U. S.
Volunteers, May 17, 1861)
Defenses of
Washington, D. C., Sep. 14, to Nov. 9, 1861; in command of the Department of
the Ohio, Nov. 15, 1861, to Mar. 11, 1862; in the Tennessee and Mississippi
Campaign, in command of the Army of the Ohio, Mar. 11 to June 26, 1862,
being engaged in the March to Pittsburg Landing,
(Major-General, U. S.
Volunteers, Mar. 21, 1862)
Ten., Mar.-Apr., 1852,
-- Battle of Shiloh, Apr. 6-7, 1862, -- and Advance upon and Siege of
Corinth, Apr. 9 to May 30, 1862; in command of the Army of the Ohio, in
Operations in North Alabama, and movement to Louisville, Ky., June to Sep.,
1862; in command of the
(Colonel, Staff –
Asst. Adjutant-General, July 17, 1862)
Army of the Ohio, in
the Advance into Kentucky, Oct., 1862; before a Military Commission to
Investigate his Campaign in Tennessee and Kentucky, Nov. 24, 1862, to May
10, 1863; and in waiting orders at
(Mustered Out of
Volunteer Service, May 23, 1864)
Indianapolis, Ind.,
May 10, 1863, to June 1, 1864.
Resigned, June 1,
1864.
Civil
History. --- President of Green River, Ky., Iron Works, 1865-70. Coal
Mining, on Green River, Ky., since 1870. U. S. Pension Agent, Louisville,
Ky., 1885-89. P. O. Paradise, Muhlenburg, County, Ky.
|
