Major General John Buford.
Buford went on to make significant contributions to the Union efforts in the Eastern Theater; however, history has generally portrayed Buford as a one-dimen.
With the outbreak of the Civil War, Buford was selected to Command a cavalry brigade in John Pope\'s Army of Virginia, and participated in the Second Manassas Campaign.
Buford, a 1848 graduate of the United States Military Academy, began his Army career on America\'s frontier with the First United States Dragoons.
Major General John Buford