U.S. ARMY
ROBERT BUFFUM
RANK: PRIVATE
CONFLICT/ERA: U.S. CIVIL WAR
UNIT/COMMAND: COMPANY H, 21ST OHIO INFANTRY
MILITARY SERVICE BRANCH: U.S. ARMY
MEDAL OF HONOR ACTION DATE: APRIL 1862
MEDAL OF HONOR ACTION PLACE: GEORGIA
CITATION:
One of the 19 Medal recipients from a group of 22 men who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga., in an attempt to destroy the bridges and tract between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY: NO
BORN: 1828, SALEM, ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS
DIED: JULY 20, 1871, AUBURN, NEW YORK
