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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:Army_of_the_Potomac
gptkb:1st_Cavalry_Division
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gptkbp:awards
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Medal of Honor
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gptkbp:birthDate
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March 4, 1826
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Kentucky
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gptkbp:burialPlace
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gptkb:West_Point_Cemetery
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gptkbp:celebrates
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Buford_Avenue
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gptkbp:children
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3
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gptkbp:commanded
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gptkb:Cavalry_Division
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gptkbp:contributedTo
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gptkb:Union_victory_at_Gettysburg
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gptkbp:deathDate
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December 16, 1863
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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gptkbp:depictedIn
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gptkb:Gettysburg_(1993_film)
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gptkbp:descendant
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American_Revolutionary_War_veterans
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
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gptkbp:foughtIn
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
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gptkbp:historicalRole
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Cavalry commander
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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First day of Gettysburg
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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General John Buford
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gptkbp:influence
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Napoleonic Wars
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:George_Washington
Military education
Cavalry tactics
Cavalry operations
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:George_B._McClellan
Military service
Civil War strategies
Field experience
Cavalry maneuvers
European_cavalry_tactics
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gptkbp:inspiration
|
Military historians
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gptkbp:involvedIn
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gptkb:Battle_of_Brandy_Station
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gptkbp:knownFor
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Defensive positioning
Cavalry reconnaissance
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gptkbp:led_to
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gptkb:First_Corps
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gptkbp:legacy
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Cavalry_leadership_in_Civil_War
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gptkbp:nickname
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The Cavalryman
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gptkbp:notableBattle
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gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
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gptkbp:participatedIn
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Battle of Antietam
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:John_F._Reynolds
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gptkbp:rank
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Brigadier General
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gptkbp:recognizedBy
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gptkb:Civil_War_Trust
Leadership skills
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Buford_family
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gptkbp:servedIn
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gptkb:Western_Theater_of_the_Civil_War
gptkb:George_Meade
Chief of Cavalry
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gptkbp:serviceBranch
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gptkb:United_States_Army
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gptkbp:serviceYears
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1847–1863
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Elizabeth_Buford
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:David_McMurtrie_Gregg
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gptkbp:supportRole
|
Defending the high ground
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