I have made no effort to prepare a biography of Captain Buell, the sketch is itself in a way a biography. He is the central figure of my little history and aside from his work with the Pierpoint Battery it gives a full history of his service.

He was born at Lowell, Washington county, Ohio, April 24, 1837, and was the youngest son of Perez B. and Elizabeth (Rector) Buell. His 23rd birthday he spent in “Camp Jackson,” at Columbus, two days after leaving Marietta with his company. He had chosen the profession of the law and was Prosecuting Attorney of Washington county when the war broke out. He was killed in battle at Freeman’s Ford, Fauquier county, Virginia, August 22, 1862.

At the time of his death he had been selected for a higher command and had he lived a few days longer would have received substantial promotion in the artillery arm of the service. His distinguished bearing had attracted the attention of such soldiers as Generals Siegel and Milroy, the Chief of Artillery of the 11th Corps and others.

His remains were buried at Bealton Station and in the following December were removed to the family burying ground located on the old home farm, at Lowell. His comrades of Battery C erected a handsome monument at his grave soon after the close of the war.

In the preparation of the foregoing pages I have been actuated by a desire to place in convenient and permanent form the simple facts connected with the company’s modest service. We were not only the first from Washington county to respond to the president’s call for volunteers but were the first from all southeastern Ohio. Only 9 of the 220 companies of three months’ volunteers, accepted by the government antedated our enrollment (these were dated the 16th) and but 17 others bore even date with us.

I have attempted simply to state facts in as plain a way as possible that may be of value so far as they go to the future searcher in this pioneer service of the war. The work has taken considerable time and labor but it has been one of pleasure and I shall be more than repaid if it meets with the approval of my surviving comrades and the friends of Captain Buell and his pioneer company of patriotic volunteers.

JEWETT PALMER.

Marietta, O., April 22, 1911.