General George Pearson Buell, Brevet Brigadier-General of
the United States army, and Colonel of the 15th United States Infantry, died at
his home near this city yesterday afternoon at 3:10 o'clock. He was born at
Lawrenceburg, Indiana, October 4, 1833, and graduated from Norwich Military
University, Vermont. He entered the volunteer service in December, 1861, as
Lieutenant-Colonel of the 58th Indiana Infantry, was in all the battles of the
western army, except the battle of Nashville, and rose to the rank of
Brigadier-General of volunteers. Was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the 29th
United States Infantry on the 28th of June, 1866, and Colonel of the 15th
United States Infantry March 20, 1879. He was breveted Brigadier-General, United
States army, March 2, 1867, for long, faithful and most valuable services.
After the war General Buell was united in marriage to Miss
Rochie Brien, only daughter of the late Judge John S. Brien, by Rev. Samuel D.
Baldwin. General Buell leaves surviving him his wife and only son, Don Carlos
Buell. General Buell was a gallant and faithful soldier, sterling patriot, a
gentleman of high culture, a pure and good man, whose warm heart and generous
disposition endeared him to all his acquaintances. He is a loss to the army and
the nation. His deeply affected and distressed family have our sincerest
sympathy and condolence.
SOURCE: John J. Hight, History
of the Fifty-eighth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry, p. 569
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