Buffington Island
Battlefield Preservation Foundation

Captain John O'Neill One of the units pursuing John H. Morgan and his command was the Fifth Indiana Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. Organized...

Sergeant William M. Sleeth - photo courtesy Carl Clink One of the Foundation's members, Carl Clink, might have a direct connection to the...

Middleswart Cemetery There are several cemeteries in what is known as the Portland Bottoms, the flat area over which the Battle of Buffington Island took place (a more appropriate name for the battle would actually be Portland or Portland Bottoms since no fighting took place on the island). Separated by less than a mile, two of the Portland area cemeteries, Middleswart and Browning, are the final resting places for several Civil War veterans. Both cemeteries were in existence