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Birth Date
Buell was born. -
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Don Carlos Buell's Life
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Road to Military
Buell graduated from the US Military Academy and was commisioned to 2nd Ltn of the 3rd US Infantry. -
Promotion 1
Buell was promoted to Brigader General. -
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First Orders...
In November Buell was ordered as Brigader Generaol to move to Ohio to lead a regiment there. Then later he was sent to several other places until finally ending with Nashville Tennesse where, against orders, he captures it with very little oposition. -
Promotion 2
Buell gets promoted to Major General, but lost it after having to work under Maj. Gen. Halleck. -
Battle of Shiloh
During the battle of Shiloh, Buell came to Grant's aid by brining in reinforcments of 20,000 men and won. Buell being selfish, said he won the battle and not Grant. Though seeing how Buell's men were only reinforcments, one can make an arguement that he didnt do much but back up Grant since he made the initial push. -
Athens Incident
Buell went into Athens Alabama to raid the town, and as he did the Union troops under his order incidentally hurt some civilians and Buell, being a "southern sympathizer" to some, got angry and charged several soldiers. -
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Lazy march to Chatanooga
While still mostly under Halleck, Buell took four or five divisions to Chatanooga to fight Conferderate forces there, but ran into issues when supply trains ran slim due to Conferderate sabotage. -
Replacment
Buell was to be replaced by Maj. Gen. Thomas, but Thomas refuses and stays with his command, leaving Buell in charge still of the Ohio troops he had before. -
Battle of Perryville
Being late, Buell attempted to fight for Perryvile but only ended up making the battle indecicive. -
Replacement 2
Beull was relieved of command and replaced by Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans. -
Death Date
Beull dies.
