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"Buffington Island" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/P00012323, (accessed April 8, 2025).

KYR-0001-004-0311

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Island located in the Ohio River. Namesake for the Battle of Buffington Island which took place on July 19, 1863, in Portland, Ohio.

Buffington Island, http://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/BuffingtonIsland (accessed March 18, 2020).
U.S. War Department. War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Ser. 1, Vol. 23, Pts. 1-2. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1889.

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