[Napoleon Bonaparte]. American general and engineer, born in Woodford County, KY, on the 13th of January 1807; died on the 28th of March 1883. He was a West Point graduate, served as lieutenant of artillery on various surveys, and was appointed as instructor at West Point. In 1861 he entered the Union army; was engaged at the battles of Belmont, MO; Island No. 10; and at the sieges of Corinth and of Vicksburg. In 1865 he was brevetted major-general of volunteers, and five months later (Aug.) mustered out of service. After the close of the war General Buford was United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs (1868), and inspector of the Union Pacific railway (1867–69).
