James W. Buford, student 1857-1858

Buford, who attended the University of Virginia after leaving R-MC, enlisted as a private in Co. H of the 53rd VA Infantry on May 25, 1861. He was wounded in the leg at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863 and was hospitalized at Chimborazo in Richmond and then in Petersburg, and is reported as "sick at home" for several months afterward. Buford is reported as having died in 1865.