Title	Don Carlos Buell illustration
Subject	Generals--United States West Point (Military academy) Mexican War, 1846-1848 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Ohio History--Military Ohio
Time Period	1860s
Place	Marietta (Ohio) Washington County (Ohio)
Description	Don Carlos Buell was a military officer from Ohio who fought in the Seminole War, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. He was born on March 23, 1818, near Marietta, Ohio. After Buell graduated from West Point in 1841, he embarked upon a military career. During the Civil War, he succeeded William T. Sherman as commander of the Department of the Ohio and participated in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, and Perryville. After the war was over, he worked in the iron and coal industry and as a government pension agent. Don Carlos Buell died on November 19, 1898, in Rockport, Kentucky.
Date of Original	ca. 1860-1869
Collection	Civil War Officers Collection
Source	SC 1174
Format	Picture Prints (visual works)
Submitting Institution	Ohio History Connection
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	AL04213.tif
Image Height	2000
Image Width	2000
File Size	5120708 Bytes
Date created	2011-08-04

Don Carlos Buell illustration

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