BUCKNER, Simon Bolivar

Confederate

Born: April 1 1823, Hart Cty KY

Died: January 8 1914, Munfordville KY

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1844, Mexican War, resigned 1855, businessman, commander of Kentucky Sate Guard

War Service: 1861 refused commission in Union army, September 1861 Brig. Gen., Fort Donelson (s), exchanged after 6 months, August 1862 Maj. Gen., commanded 3rd Divn at Perryville, coastal defenses in the Gulf, command of the Dept of East Tennessee, commanded a Corps at Chickamauga, September 1864 Lt. Gen. in Trans-Mississippi as Kirby Smith's chief of staff.

Post War: Newspaper editor, governor of Kentucky, Vice-presidential nominee 1896.