Adelbert Rinaldo Buffington

Adelbert Rinaldo Buffington (1837–1922) was an American soldier.

Biography
Adelbert Buffington was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, and graduated from West Point in May 1861 (the same class as Adelbert Ames). He was brevetted major in 1865, and was commander successively of the United States ordnance depots at Wheeling, West Va., and of the arsenals in New York, Baton Rouge, Watertown, Massachusetts, Watervliet, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Springfield, Massachusetts, and Rock Island. In 1899 he was appointed chief of ordnance and was raised to the rank of brigadier general. In 1901 he was retired. He invented a magazine firearm, a "rod bayonet," and a rear sight for military firearms. He introduced many other improvements in firearms.