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Franklin (WILLIAM BUEL an American)

WILLIAM BUEL, an American military officer; born in York, Pa., Feb. 27, 27, 1823; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1843. In the Mexican War he served on the staff of General Taylor as a topographical engineer; was engaged in making reconnoissances and carried Taylor's orders at the battle of Buena Vista. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was as- FRANKS Heintzelman's division. He took part in the battle of Bull Run, served with distinction in the Peninsular campaign and was promoted Major-General in 1862.

Subsequently he served under McClellan in Maryland and under Burnside at Fredericksburg, was assigned to the Department of the Gulf, under Banks, in 1863; and in 1865 was brevetted Major- General in the regular army, but resigned a year later to engage in manufacturing. He was appointed United States Commissioner-General to the Paris Exposition in 1899. He died March 8, 1903.

FRANKLIN AND MARSHAL COL- Lancaster, Pa.; founded in 1787 under LEGE, an educational institution in the United States; reported at the close the auspices of the Reformed Church in of 1919: Professors and instructors, 17; students, 298; president, H. H. Apple, D.

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