Adelbert Rinaldo Buffington (1837 - 1922)

Born 22 Nov 1837 in Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, United States

Died 10 Jul 1922 at age 84 in Madison, Morris, New Jersey, United States

Biography

Buffington was a United States Army Brigadier General who served as the 10th Chief of Ordnance for the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps.

Adelbert Buffington is Notable.

Adelbert Buffington was born in Appalachia, in West Virginia.

He also invented a magazine firearm, a "rod bayonet," and a rear sight for military firearms. He introduced many other improvements in firearms.

Gen Buffington was commander successively of the United States ordnance depot at Wheeling, West Virginia., and of the arsenals in New York, Baton Rouge, Watertown, Massachusetts, Watervliet, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Springfield, Massachusetts, and Rock Island. In the 1893 he was co-inventor, with William Crozier, of the Buffington-Crozier disappearing carriage for coast defense guns, which became the most-used type of carriage for United States coast defense guns emplaced 1895-1917. In 1899 he was appointed Chief of Ordnance and was raised to the rank of Brigadier General.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:M8FN-JJ9 : 2 February 2021), Household of H R Buffington, 1920.

See Also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15951712/adelbert-rinaldo-buffington: accessed 22 July 2022), memorial page for Adelbert Rinaldo Buffington (22 Nov 1837–10 Jul 1922), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15951712, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Stonewall (contributor 46536634).
• Wikipedia:Adelbert Rinaldo Buffington