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Now I Wish I Could Live

Michael Kleen
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John Buford (1826-1863)
Monument to Maj. Gen. John Buford (1826-1863) in West Point Cemetery, 329 Washington Road in West Point, New York. Buford commanded a cavalry division in the Army of the Potomac and famously delayed Confederate forces in the opening phase of the Battle of Gettysburg to allow time for Union reinforcements to arrive. He contracted typhoid fever in December 1863 and died soon after. When informed of his deathbed promotion to major general, he replied, “It is too late, now I wish I could live.”

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  1. Gettysburg Campaign – Funkstown, July 10, 1863 – M.A. Kleen Avatar
    Gettysburg Campaign – Funkstown, July 10, 1863 – M.A. Kleen

    […] flank. The army could not advance with Confederate cavalry threatening its flank, so Brig. Gen. John Buford’s cavalry division rode north along the Old National Pike to attack J.E.B. Stuart’s […]

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    Gettysburg Campaign – Cashtown Pike, July 1, 1863 – M.A. Kleen

    […] long before Heth’s Division was fully engaged with dismounted cavalry commanded by Brig. Gen. John Buford. Buford was the first to arrive in Gettysburg from the Army of the Potomac, and recognized the […]

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