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Don Carlos Buell, American soldier. Buell (1818-1898) was a general in the Union (northern) army in the American Civil War. After helping to organise the Armies of the Potomac and the Ohio, he commanded the Kentucky campaign against the Confederates under Braxton Bragg. Buell was relieved of his command after the Battle of Perryville for being too slow to pursue retreating enemy troops.