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.
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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