Buell P. Barnum enlisted as a Private from Ohio, 2 March 1865, age 40. His unit was the 188th Regiment, Ohio Infantry. [There also exists a record for Corporal Buell P. Barnum of Company "A", 192nd Regiment, Ohio Infantry]. He was later the pastor of the Baptist Church in Flatonia, Texas. Buel P. Barnum [spelled with one "l"], age 24, b. VT appears in the 1850 US Census for Lisbon, Saint Law County, New York.