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Don Carlos Buell was born
• Born March 23, 1818 in Lowell, Ohio.
• United States army officer who fought in the Seminole War, the Mexican-American War, and the American Civil War.
• Led Union armies in two great Civil War battles—Shiloh and Perryville.
• was too cautious and too rigid to meet the great challenges he faced in 1862 -
Graduated from the United States Military Academy
Buell was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 3rd U.S. Infantry regiment -
Don Carlos Buell became a owner of 8 slaves
In spring of 1851 Don Carlos Buell married Margaret Buell and became the owner of 8 slaves. Some Northerners suspected that Buell was a Southern sympathizer because he was one of the few Federal officers who was a slaveholder (he inherited the slaves from his wife's family). -
Promoted to brigadier general
At the start of the Civil War, Buell was an organizer of the Army of the Potomac and briefly commanded one of its divisions. He was promoted to brigadier general dating from May 17, 1861. -
Helped Brig. Gen. William T. Sherman
in command at Louisville, Kentucky -
Captured Nashville, Tennessee
moved against Nashville, which he captured on February 25, 1862 -
Reinforced Grant with 20,000 men
At the Battle of Shiloh, Buell reinforced Grant with three of the five divisions of the Army of the Ohio, about 20,000 men, helping him defeat the Confederates on April 7, 1862. -
Buell's army was attacked-Battle of Perryville
A single corps of Buell's army was attacked by Bragg at the Battle of Perryville on October 8, 1862, while Buell, a couple of miles behind the action, was not aware that a battle was taking place until late in the day and thus did not effectively engage the full strength of his army to defeat the smaller enemy force. Although Perryville was tactically indecisive he failed to pursue Bragg's withdrawal -
Buell was relieved of command-Battle of Perryville
replaced by Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans. To me, he was an indecisive man that did not follow orders. I think he did played a significant part at the battle of Shiloh. He was not effective part of the Battle of Perryville. -
54th Mass. Regt. Authorized by Governer of Masschusettes
The regiment was authorized in March 13th, 1863 by John A. Andrew. Commanded by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw -
Battle of Fort Wagner (54th Regiment)
The second battle of Fort Wagner was the battle which the 54th Regiment was best known for being in. It was lead by Robert Shaw and Edward Needles Hallowell. This Regiment was important because it was the first official black Regiment in the civil war consisting of mainly freed slaves.
They were engaged in:
Battle of Grimball's Landing
Second Battle of Fort Wagner
Battle of Olustee
Battle of Honey Hill
Battle of Boykin's Mill -
Buell left the military service
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54th Regiment disbanded
The 54th Masschusettes Volunteer Regiment disbanded after the civil war. This picture is of the flag. -
Don Carlos Buell died
He died at his home at the age of 80 in Rockport, Kentucky, and is buried in St. Louis, Missouri, at Bellefontaine Cemetery
