Don Carlos Buell was a United States Army officer who fought in the Seminole War, the Mexican-American War, and the American Civil War. Buell led Union armies in two major Civil War battles,Shiloh and Perryville. The nation was angered at his failure to defeat the outnumbered Confederate Army after Perryville, or to secure East Tennessee. Historians generally concur that he was a brave and industrious master of logistics, but was too cautious and rigid to meet the challenges presented in 1862. Buell was relieved of field command in late 1862 and made no more significant military contributions before his resignation in 1864.
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Fitzgerald, CAL., August 10, 1861. Maj. D. C. BUELL, Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Pacific: MAJOR: I have the honor to inclose the within communications just put in…
Camp Fitzgerald, Cal. Camp Fitzgerald, Cal., August 13, 1861. Maj. D. C. BUELL, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army: MAJOR: After careful thought I have determined, as an officer intrusted with…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Fitzgerald, Cal., August 13, 1861. Maj. D. C. BUELL, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army: MAJOR: After careful thought I have determined, as an officer intrusted with an important…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Fitzgerald, Cal., August 13, 1861. Maj. D. C. BUELL, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army: MAJOR: After careful thought I have determined, as an officer intrusted with an important…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, November 7, 1861. GENERAL: In giving you instructions for your guidance in command of the Department of the Ohio, I do not design to fetter…
Washington, November 12, 1861. âBrig. Gen. D. C. BUELL, Commanding Department of the Ohio: GENERAL: Upon assuming command of the department, I will be glad to have you make as…
CALHOUN CALHOUN, November 25, 1861. General BUELL: I wrote you this morning t that a rebel force, said to be commanded by Breckinridge, estimated from 4,000 to 6,000, reached Rochester…
HDQRS. OF THE ARMY, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE, Washington, .D. C., November 25, 1861. Brig. Gen. D. C. BUELL, Commanding Department of the Ohio: GENERAL: Your telegram received.* I have not…
LEBANON LEBANON, November 28, 1861. General BUELL: Express from Colonel Bramlette at 2 o’clock this morning. He says the enemy is now in Wayne County, advancing towards the river; some…
Washington Washington, November 29, 1861. General BUELL: Your letter received. I fully approve of your course and agree in your views. McCLELLAN, Washington, Monday night [November 29, 1861]. My DEAR…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Mill Springs, Ky., December 2, 1861. SIR: Yesterday, with a small detachment of infantry and cavalry, I proceeded to reconnoiter from the left bank a camp of the…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Mill Springs, Ky., December 9, 1861. SIR: Having been disappointed in having ferry-boats captured by the force sent on in advance with that object, I have had to…
Louisa, K. Y., VIA MAYSVILLE Louisa, K. Y., VIA MAYSVILLE, December 9, 1861. General BUELL, HERES I have pliable information that the secessionists are 4,000 strong in ‘ Prestonburg, Ky.,…
LEBANON LEBANON, December 16, 1861. General BUELL: Latest news from General Schoepf, December 12, just received. Enemy encamped at mouth of Fishing Creek. He thinks they can be captured by…
HDQRS. TWELFTH REGIMENT KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS, December 18, 1861. December 18, 1861. GENERAL: To-day I took six of my companies and one section of Captain Hewett’s battery and proceeded in the…
Georges Creek, December 26, 1861. I arrived here last night with 900 men. Twenty-five hundred rebels are at Paintsville, 18 miles distant, with four guns. They are fortifying. The Fourteenth…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CAIRO, Cairo, December 26, 1861. General D. C. BUELL, Commanding Department of thé Ohio, Louisville, Ky.: Iinclose you herewith an order defining the limits of my command.*…
Camp Woon Camp Woon, December 29, 1861. General D. C. BUELL: The hills rise about 2,000 yards in front of: me and continue in succession to Cave City. To resist…
Saint Louis, January 2, 1862. Brig. Gen. D. C. BUELL, Louisville, Ky. : I have had no instructions respecting co-operation. All my available troops are in the field except those…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE E. O., January 3, 1862. Beaufort, S. 0., January 3, 1862. GENERAL : I have the honor to report that, agreeably to your instructions, I accompanied the…
Saint Louis, January 4, 1862. Brig. Gen. D. C. BUELL: S DS. I have no other information than that sent, which was in the exact words received. General Smith can…
Louisville, January 10, 1862. Brig. Gen. T. L. CRITTENDEN, ; Commanding Fifth Division, Calhoun, Ky.: SIR: The general commanding directs that you move your division without delay to South Carrollton…
Washington, January 13, 1862. Brig. Gen. D. C. BUELL, Commanding Department of the Ohio: My DEAR GENERAL: Your telegram asking for six more batteries is received. I have taken measures…
Saint Lowis, January 14, 1862. Brigadier-General BUELL, Lowisville, Ky.: General C. F. Smith reports, January 10, that no troops have left Columbus for Bowling Green save the two regiments reported…