Don Carlos Buell

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Don Carlos Buell was a Union major general in the American Civil War, noted for his cautious leadership in the Western Theater and his controversial role in several key campaigns.

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instanceOf American Civil War general ⓘ
Union Army general ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance Union ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
battle Battle of Perryville ⓘ
Battle of Shiloh ⓘ
Corinth Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Corinth campaign

Perryville Campaign ⓘ
birthDate 1818-03-23 ⓘ
birthPlace Lowell, Ohio ⓘ
Washington County, Ohio ⓘ
burialPlace Bellefontaine Cemetery ⓘ
St. Louis, Missouri ⓘ
classRankAtGraduation 32nd out of 52 ⓘ
command Army of the Ohio ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
criticizedFor failure to aggressively pursue Confederate forces after Perryville ⓘ
slowness and caution in offensive operations ⓘ
deathDate 1898-11-19 ⓘ
educatedAt United States Military Academy at West Point ⓘ
education United States Military Academy ⓘ
ethnicGroup White American ⓘ
familyName Buell ⓘ
fullName Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Don ⓘ
graduationYear 1841 ⓘ
knownFor cautious leadership in the Western Theater ⓘ
controversial role in key Civil War campaigns ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank Major General ⓘ
notableAction Commanded Union forces in the Kentucky Campaign of 1862 ⓘ
Led Union reinforcements to Shiloh in April 1862 ⓘ
participatedIn Mexican–American War ⓘ
position Commander of the Army of the Ohio ⓘ
postMilitaryOccupation businessman ⓘ
railroad executive ⓘ
predecessorInCommand William T. Sherman (in some Western Theater responsibilities) ⓘ
reasonForRemoval perceived lack of aggressiveness and failure to secure Kentucky decisively ⓘ
removedFromCommand 1862-10 ⓘ
residence Indiana ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
serviceYears 1841–1864 ⓘ
successorInCommand William S. Rosecrans ⓘ
linked to: William Rosecrans
theaterOfOperations Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

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Battle of Shiloh → commander → Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
Corinth campaign → commander → Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
Battle of Shiloh → commander → Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
Pittsburg Landing → associatedWith → Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
Army of the Ohio → firstCommander → Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
Army of the Ohio → notableCommander → Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
Battle of Pittsburg Landing → commander → Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
Don Carlos Buell → fullName → Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
Western Union armies → notableCommander → Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
Union Army campaigns → notableCommander → Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
Battle of Perryville → UnionCommander → Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
Siege of Corinth → commander → Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
Department of the Ohio → commander → Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
Department of the Cumberland → notableCommander → Major General Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
linked to: Don Carlos Buell
Buell → hasNotableBearer → Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
Lowell, Ohio → isBirthplaceOf → Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
Shiloh and Corinth Campaign → commander → Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
Confederate Heartland Offensive → opposingForceCommander → Don Carlos Buell commanded the Union Army of the Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Don Carlos Buell
Battle of Chaplin Hills → UnionCommander → Don Carlos Buell ⓘ