Buford Pusser Memorial Park

"In Memory of a Man Who Walked Tall"

Personal History

Buford Hayes Pusser was born near Finger, Tennessee on December 12, 1937. His early education consisted of elementary schools in this area and graduation from Adamsville High School in 1956. About a ...

Buford Hayse Pusser

On December 12, 1937, Buford Hayse Pusser was born in Finger, Tennessee. In 1962 he became Adamsville's chief of police. He was elected sherrif of McNairy County in 1864. Soon his courageous fight against crime exposed him to much danger ...

Buford's Bridge

(Front Text)

Buford's Bridge, the earliest settlement in what is now Bamberg County, was established as early as 1792, when William Buford maintained a bridge and operated a ferry over the Salkehatchie River. It grew throughout the nineteenth century, with several ...

Buford's Bloody Battleground

Col. Buford's 11th Virginia Regiment and a detachment of Washington's Cavalry, retreating after the fall of Charles Town, were attacked by Col. Tarelton, May 29, 1780, at the site of the monument 955 feet southwest. The American loss was 113 ...

Buford's Massacre

May 29, 1780

On this site, Col. Abraham Buford's force of about 350 American patriots, while returning to Hillsborough, N.C., following the fall of Charles Town, were overtaken by British troops commanded by Col. Banastre Tarelton, it is historically told that ...

Buford Battleground

[Front]

In order that all may continue to share the sentiments of that group of patriotic citizens of Lancaster County who erected a monument here on June 2, 1860 the inscriptions of this memorial are the same as those on ...

Buford

(Front):In Memory of

Major General

John Buford

Comdg. 1st Div. Cav. Corps

Army of the Potomac

who with the

first inspiration of

a cavalry officer

selected this battlefield

July 1st. 1863.

(Back):From this crest

was fired

the opening gun

of the battle:

one of the four

cannon

at the base of

this memorial.

Marker is at the intersection ...