The Stabbing of Buell — published June 7, 1856

A dispatch from Cincinnati says that the testimony in the case of the stabbing of Mr. Buell, shows that he was attacked by Democrats who heard him call himself an “American.”

SOURCE: Richmond Daily Whig, Richmond Virginia, Saturday Morning, June 7, 1856, p. 3

The Editor of the Democratic Review Dangerously Stabbed — published June 6, 1856

CINCINNATI, June 5.—Mr. George P. Buell, editor of the Democratic Review, published at Washington, made a speech last night in front of the Burnett House, denouncing the Know Nothings and the Abolitionists. He was interrupted by an individual in the crowd, and the matter finally came to blows. In the melee, Buell was stabbed in the back, the knife penetrating his lung and inflicting a dangerous wound. His condition this morning is critical, as his wound bleeds internally.

SOURCE: Richmond Daily Whig, Richmond Virginia, Friday Morning, June 6, 1856, p. 3

Death Of General George P. Buell.

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