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Pvt Redman D Buffington

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Pvt Redman D Buffington

Birth
Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, USA
Death
27 Oct 1863 (aged 32–33)
Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
Plot
A, 175
Memorial ID
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Redman D Buffington
Co B 23rd Kentucky Infantry.
Age 31 at time of enlistment at Camp King, September 18, 1861.
Born at Portsmouth, Ohio. Dark complexion, grey eyes, brown hair, 5'5 1/4", occupation Laborer.
Killed while engaged in a skirmish at Browns Gap, Tenn., October 27, 1863.
-compiled service records

Name: R Buffington
Death Date: 27 Oct 1863
Death Place: G H Chattanooga, Tennessee
Enlistment State: Kentucky
Rank: Private
Company: B
Regiment: 23 Ky Inf
Box Number: 18
Died of gunshot wound to abdomen.
-U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865

His widow, Harriet Buffington, filed for a pension in June, 1864.

Also listed as Buffinton in compiled service records and 1860 census.

Name:Redman Buffinton
Age in 1860: 31
Birth Year: abt 1829
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Newport, Campbell, Kentucky
Gender: Male
Post Office: Newport
Household Members:
Name Age
Redman Buffinton 31
Harriet Buffinton 30
Adelia Buffinton 7
Patrick Lyon 45
Johana Lyon 40
Margaret Lyon 19
Mary Lyon 11


Originally identified only as:
BUFF, - (MR)
UNK INFANTRY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 10/27/1863
BURIED AT: SECTION A SITE 175
-VA gravesite locator

"23rd Indiana Infantry"
Orig bur Chattanooga, Tenn.
-Roll of Honor
Did not find in Indiana AG roster.

Next to Lewis or Levi Reser.
Redman D Buffington
Co B 23rd Kentucky Infantry.
Age 31 at time of enlistment at Camp King, September 18, 1861.
Born at Portsmouth, Ohio. Dark complexion, grey eyes, brown hair, 5'5 1/4", occupation Laborer.
Killed while engaged in a skirmish at Browns Gap, Tenn., October 27, 1863.
-compiled service records

Name: R Buffington
Death Date: 27 Oct 1863
Death Place: G H Chattanooga, Tennessee
Enlistment State: Kentucky
Rank: Private
Company: B
Regiment: 23 Ky Inf
Box Number: 18
Died of gunshot wound to abdomen.
-U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865

His widow, Harriet Buffington, filed for a pension in June, 1864.

Also listed as Buffinton in compiled service records and 1860 census.

Name:Redman Buffinton
Age in 1860: 31
Birth Year: abt 1829
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Newport, Campbell, Kentucky
Gender: Male
Post Office: Newport
Household Members:
Name Age
Redman Buffinton 31
Harriet Buffinton 30
Adelia Buffinton 7
Patrick Lyon 45
Johana Lyon 40
Margaret Lyon 19
Mary Lyon 11


Originally identified only as:
BUFF, - (MR)
UNK INFANTRY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 10/27/1863
BURIED AT: SECTION A SITE 175
-VA gravesite locator

"23rd Indiana Infantry"
Orig bur Chattanooga, Tenn.
-Roll of Honor
Did not find in Indiana AG roster.

Next to Lewis or Levi Reser.

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  • Created by: Janet
  • Added: Aug 14, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57054036/redman_d-buffington: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Redman D Buffington (1830–27 Oct 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57054036, citing Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Janet (contributor 46573654).