Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Buckner, Simon Bolivar |
Born |
4/1/1823 |
Birthplace |
Hart County, Kentucky |
Education |
West Point graduate of 1844 |
Notes |
He resigned from the army after the Mexican American war in 1855 and engaged in business in Chicago for several years. After declining a position as brigadier general in the Union Army in August, he was appointed brigadier general in the Confederate Army, September 14, 1861. He was appointed lieutenant general and chief of staff to Kirby Smith, September 20, 1864. He was elected governor of Kentucky in 1887 and ran as a vice-presidential candidate of the "Gold Democrats" in 1896. Buckner died at his plantation near Munfordville, te last survivor of the three highest grades in the Confederate Army. |
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