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	General Abraham Buford
		GENERAL ABRAHAM BUFORD was a man of enormous proportions, and his strength and endurance equaled his size.
		Buford Protested against this, and, as his protest was of no avail, gave up his command.
		On the retreat of Hood's army from Nashville, Buford covered the retreat, and in a fight with a Federal Major, who struck him on the head with a sword, shouting as he did so, "Surrender you damn big rebel," and Buford's reply was to kill him instantly by a shot from his revolver.
	www.afn.org /~rbuford/page11.html (690 words)

	John Buford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Buford was stricken with typhoid fever (brought on by his wounds and exposure) and died in Maj. Gen.
		Buford was one of the ablest cavalry officers in the Union Army; in fact, some historians would agree that only Philip Sheridan competed with him as the most successful cavalry officer in the Army of the Potomac.
		Buford is a character in the alternate-history novel Gettysburg, written by Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Buford (942 words)

	Buford Biography II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		His fraternal grandfather, Simeon Buford (who, along with John's great-uncle Abraham, were two founders of the Kentucky horse racing industry), was well known in the annals of the military history of the young country's Revolution as an officer in the Virginia Dragoons under Colonel Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee.
		Buford was unable to befriend the rather unsociable Jackson.
		Buford was not brilliant academically, but he was determined and knew how to make the most of his faculties and his situation, something that would become his evident weapon during his future military career.
	www.bufordsboys.com /BufordBioII.htm (0 words)

	John Buford
		Buford was called "Old Steadfast" by his friends and was one of the most talented cavalry officers in the Union army -- a man of few words and full of energy.
		Buford believed in using cavalry as "mounted infantry," instead of cavalry charges that were largely successful only against other cavalry units.
		As Buford's cavalry were being attacked by Rooney Lee, some of Lee's sharpshooters took positions behind a stone wall and peppered away at Ames' infantry, who had moved into position to support the attack of Buford's troopers.
	www.fortunecity.com /victorian/museum/63/profiles/usa/buford.html (0 words)

	Buford's Massacre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Abraham Buford and his Virginia soldiers were the only organized troop left in South Carolina.
		Buford and his men retreated at a slow pace, partly because they waited on remnants of several South Carolina cavalry troops to join them, and partly because the Virginians were escorting SC Gov. John Rutledge and his party to Hillsborough, NC for safety.
		A major result of Buford's Massacre was to stimulate a vast amount of hatred toward the British in the Scotch-Irish communities of Lancaster, Chester, and York.
	www.rootsweb.com /~scyork/RevWar/BufordsMassacre.html (0 words)

	Eidson Family - pafg08.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Abraham was born on 13 Dec 1778 in Bedford County, Virginia.
		Wellington Buford was born on 13 Jun 1815 in Bedford County, Virginia.
		Nancy A. Buford was born on 18 Jul 1825 in Bedford County, Virginia.
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	The Patriot Resource Documents: Letter of Dr. Robert Brownfield
		Buford now perceiving that further resistance was hopeless, ordered a flag to be hoisted and the arms to be grounded, expecting the usual treatment sanctioned by civilized warfare.
		He affected to believe that this was done afterwards, and imputed it to treachery on the part of Buford; but, in reality, a safe opportunity was presented to gratify that thirst for blood which marked his character in every conjuncture that promised probable impunity to himself.
		He was early intended for the bar, and having gone through the usual course of classical and other preparatory studies, he commenced the practice with the most flattering indications of future eminence.
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	Buford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Buford is the name of a person, a ship and a number of places in the United States of America:
		Abraham Buford, commanding officer during the "Waxhaw Massacre".
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
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	Bio Notes: Abraham Buford
		Buford's next appearance in general orders comes on December 30, 1778, when "Colo. Beauford" was appointed to visit and superintend the hospitals in Jersey.
		Buford was in deep trouble if he stayed where he was, so after checking with General Huger for orders, he gathered his detachment, plus some stragglers from other commands, and started northward, first to Camden then on towards Hillsborough.
		Buford ended his days on an estate -- presumably a horse ranch -- near Georgetown in Scott County, where he is said to have entertained many prominent people.
	home.golden.net /~marg/bansite/friends/buford.html (2961 words)

	Rantings of a Civil War Historian » Blog Archive » John Buford and Army Politics
		Abraham Buford commanded a division of Confederate cavalry under Nathan Bedford Forrest.
		Mix in Buford’s own disdain for the press and his penchant for avoiding publicity, and it creates a recipe for trouble that prevented him from achieving the high rank he deserved, and forever changed the complexion of the Army of the Potomac’s Cavalry Corps.
		Buford and Gibbon were the best of friends–they had a lot in common, and they shared a lot personality traits.
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	The American Civil War Homepage
		Abraham Lincoln, Annual Message to Congress, December 1862
		Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War - an essay
		General John Buford's Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign
	sunsite.utk.edu /civil-war/warweb.html (4211 words)

	Colonel Banastre Tarleton: massacre in South Carolina
		Meanwhile Colonel Abraham Buford, with four hundred Continental infantry, a small number of cavalry and two cannon, who had hastened toward Charleston to help Lincoln, had been dreadfully smitten by Colonel Banastre Tarleton.
		Buford had retreated from Camden toward Charlotte, in North Carolina, on the approach of Cornwallis.
		Cornwallis eulogized this savage act of Tarleton; Stedman, one of Cornwallis's officers, and a historian of the war, wrote: "On the occasion, the virtue of humanity was totally forgot." Tarleton received the special favor of Lord George Germain, for the cold-blooded massacre; and "Tarleton's quarter," became the synonym for cruelty.
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	Buford's Massacre
		Buford's Massacre took place on May 29, 1780, in the Waxhaws region of South Carolina, when Lt. Col.
		Abraham Buford's retreating Virginia Continentals, who had arrived too late to aid in the defense of Charleston.
		The battle was an impressive display of Tarleton's tactical ability, but the Patriots chiefly remember it for the brutal slaughter of Buford's defeated troops.
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	Buford Biography IV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Following John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, the election of fellow Kentuckian Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency, and the secession of South Carolina from the Union in December of 1860, events began to seem unstoppable.
		Buford's ties and roots in Southern soil ran deep, wide, and long.
		In July, Captain Buford was summoned to Washington.
	www.bufordsboys.com /BufordBioIV.htm (0 words)

	The Battle of Waxhaws (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Since Buford had such a large lead on them, Cornwallis had given Tarleton discretion to continue the pursuit, turn back or attack Buford if he caught up with him.
		Buford now formed his men up in a single line, while it is unknown what he did with Lt. Col.
		When Tarleton's cavalry was 50 yards from Buford's line, the Americans presented their muskets, but they were ordered to hold their fire until the British were closer.
	www.myrevolutionarywar.com /battles/800529.htm (0 words)

	Descendants of Richard Lewis: Tenth Generation
		Abraham died 30 Aug 1900 Belton, Bell Co., Texas, at 66 years of age.
		Abraham was elected in Bell Co., Texas, 25 Jun 1866.
		Abraham died 13 Feb 1935 Belton, Bell Co., Texas, at 62 years of age.
	members.tripod.com /JLLewis/geneology/3323/d0/i0005081.htm (0 words)

	Men_of_Camden
		Buford refused Tarleton’s summons to surrender and a brief skirmish-turned-slaughter ensued.
		History of South Carolina] says that, two days after the annihilation of Buford’s regiment, one Tuck, a quartermaster of Tarleton’s Legion, rode with a party of dragoons to the residence of Wyly, and, calling him out, charged him with having gone as a volunteer to the defense of Charleston.
		This was frankly admitted, whereupon Tuck and his men fell upon the inoffensive and unarmed boy and put him to death, despite the fact that the poor fellow exhibited a certified copy of his parole.
	www.historic-camden.net /Men_of_camden.htm (0 words)

	Genealogy Forum: The Devil's To Pay
		Buford grudgingly withdrew his division and re-crossed the Rappahannock in an orderly fashion, thus concluded the biggest cavalry battle of the war.
		Buford was assigned to guard the rear of the newly formed "Left wing" of the Army of the Potomac, consisting of the 1st, 3rd, and 11th infantry Corps, commanded by the able and highly respected General John Reynolds.
		Buford was in position to sow the wind and determine the fate of both armies.
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	Printable Version
		And in an eerie coincidence that only a few attending Sunday's anniversary realized, a moment of silence was observed by the crowd at the exact time that 216 Americans were either killed, wounded or captured during a 45-minute span 225 years ago.
		Downing told Buford residents, re-enactors, history enthusiasts and descendants of those who served during the American Revolution that the soldiers' sacrifice must not be forgotten.
		The church has a tie to the Buford Massacre; wounded survivors were loaded into wagons, taken there and nursed back to health by local women.
	www.thelancasternews.com /articles/2005/06/01/news/news07_buford.prt (0 words)

	The Civil War's Interesting Kin Folks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Buford reckoned as how it took him several months of research and hard work to unravel this stuff.
		Of course, John Buford made a great portion of his fame at Brandy Station, even though his division was not in the fighting at Stevensburg.
		The Buford relative that was married to Old Jubalee's grandfather was named Margaret Kirtley, whose mother's maiden name was Buford.
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	abraham bowman rev war pension application
		In the same county, appeared Colonel Abraham Buford, Col. John McDowell, and Captain John Nelson, revolutionary war officers, say that they are personally acquainted with Col Abraham Bowman who is making application for pension.
		States before the undersigned a justice of peace, personally appeared Elijah Foley, a resident of said county, states he was present at the marriage of Colonel Abraham Bowman and Sarah Bryon, in the then county of Lincoln (now Mercer County, Kentucky) on he thinks in the summer of 1782.
		He was not in the room however, at the time the marriage ceremony was performed but was present a few moments afterwards and before they had taken their seats and believes they were legally married; that he lived a neighbor to them from the time of his marriage until his death; that his widow Mrs.
	www.rootsweb.com /~kyfayett/revpens/bowman_abraham.htm (0 words)

	The Battle of Lenud's Ferry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		There, White was to meet Col. Abraham Buford and 350 men of his 3rd Virginia Continental Regiment and a small body of Lt. Col.
		Buford's force was headed to reinforce the American garrison at Charleston when he learned of the town's surrender.
		Many of Buford's men were across the river at the ferry and could do nothing to help their fellow Americans.
	www.myrevolutionarywar.com /battles/800506.htm (0 words)

	William Rhodes of the 2nd Virginia Regiment
		Buford and his troops, who had been delayed leaving Virginia, had inadvertently missed the siege and the subsequent capture.
		few days later, Colonel Abraham Buford and his regiment were within 40 miles of Charleston, SC, when he received the news of the surrender.
		While Col. Buford was able to escape on horseback, William Rhodes's company commander Captain Thomas Catlett was killed.
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	Highland Co., OH Genealogy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Of estate of Abraham Moler, dec'd, vs the widow and heirs of decedant.
		Plaintiff alleges that he has an interest in Lots 16 and 18 in Buford, formerly owned by Mathias Gibler, ded'd, by pruchase of the dower interest of Catherine, decedent's widow, and by the purchase of the 3/4 interest from his children, Mary, wife of William Faris, Isabella and Ann Gibler.
		Jacob B. Gibler, a minor under 14 years whose guardian is Abraham Welty, is a child of decedent and owns the remaining 1/4 interest.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/oh/county/highland/family/rublefam.htm (0 words)

	National Park Service - Soldier and Brave (Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings)
		In November Fort Abraham Lincoln, a cavalry base activated on the plain to the southeast, absorbed Fort McKeen.
		One of the new posts was Fort Buford, founded in 1866 near the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers in hostile Indian territory.
		Although Buford was never directly assaulted and suffered few casualties, for the first 4 years it was under continual siege.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/soldier/sitec12.htm (0 words)

	The Lancaster News
		American Col. Abraham Buford's troops were headed to Charleston to reinforce Colonials when they got word the city had fallen and turned around and started back north.
		Some think Tarleton tricked Buford by offering him quarters, and others say the fight started when a shot was fired and Tarleton's horse reared and threw him off.
		Many historians believe the massacre of Buford and his troops became the turning point in the American Revolution because it led fence-riding settlers and many Loyalists in the Carolina Backcountry to change sides.
	www.thelancasternews.com /articles/2006/05/12/news/news02_flags.txt (0 words)

	peg-2006 - pegg11.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		(2) Abraham Buford son of William Buford and Mary Ragsdale on 27 Dec 1805 in Brunswick Co., Virginia.
		Judge William Pegram Buford was born on 20 Jul 1807.
		John Rockford Buford was born on 16 Oct 1809.
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	KY:Historical Society - Historical Marker Database - Search for Markers
		Abraham Lincoln was a guest here of his close friend Joshua Speed in 1841.
		Helm and Abraham Lincoln married half-sisters, Emilie and Mary Todd, the daughters of Robert S. Todd of Lexington, Kentucky.
		Abraham Lincoln, age 7, with his family on way to Indiana in 1816, crossed this creek about here and went thru Elizabethtown.
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	Newsvine - American Revolution Flags Sell for $17.4M
		The three flags, which were scooped up from the bloodied field at Waxhaws on the border of North Carolina and South Carolina in 1780, were sold at Sotheby's auction house in New York Wednesday, June 14, 2006 for $5.056 million (4,010,947 euros).
		Abraham Buford, in a clash at Waxhaws, on the line between North and South Carolina.
		The group of three Buford flags, known as the Waxhaws Colors, went for $5.056 million, after a presale estimate of $2.5 to $6.5 million.
	www.newsvine.com /_news/2006/06/15/255831-american-revolution-flags-sell-for-174m (0 words)

	Abraham Buford
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		BUFORD, Abraham, soldier, born in Virginia; died in Scott County, Kentucky, 29 June, 1833.
		While parleying, the British commander prepared for an attack, which was carried out so suddenly, when Col. Buford refused the offered terms, that the continental troops were thrown into confusion and were killed without quarter by the British.
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	Granta: Extracts
		In 1993, Bill Buford, the editor of Granta issued a challenge to readers: 'Put this issue away once you’ve finished it.
		I wanted only to be an expatriate novelist, a dissident, and to enjoy the celebrity of being a convert in a Muslim country.' Murad Kalam on how the reality he found was very different.
		Ryszard Kapuscinski talks to Bill Buford about being Poland's only foreign correspondent, the art of reporting and what it is like to witness 27 wars in 50 countries.
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