Shortly after this, I placed my command on our extreme left, to watch and fight the enemy should he make another attack, and went to Cemetary Hill for observation.

In the Retreat from Gettysburg Buford pursued the Confederates to Warrenton Virginia and was afterward engaged in many operations in central Virginia rendering a particularly valuable service in covering Maj. Kelly was dedicated on the Gettysburg Battlefield.

(March 4 1826 – December 16 1863) was a Union cavalry officer during the American Civil War with a prominent role at the start of the Battle of Gettysburg.