Adelbert Rinaldo Buffington Brigadier General, United States Army |
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Appointed from Virginia, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1856 (7) Brevet Second Lieutenant, Ordnance, 6 May 1861 Second Lieutenant, 14 may 1861 First Lieutenant, 22 July 1861 Captain, 3 March 1863 Major, 23 June 1874 Lieutenant Colonel, 1 June 1881 Colonel, 28 February 1889 Brigadier General, Chief of Ordnance, 5 April 1899 Retired 22 November 1901 Breveted Major, 13 March 1865 for faithful and meritorious service in the Ordnance Department during the War General Buffington died in 1922 and was buried
in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Eliza A. White
Buffington, also died in 1922, and is buried with him.
BUFFINGTON, ELIZA A
Posted: 19 August 2005 Updated: 2 May 2006 Updated: & December 2007 |
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