Simon Bolivar Buckner: Borderland KnightTrained at West Point, Buckner saw service in the Mexican War but retired to private life afterwards. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he became a general in the Confederate army. In the troublesome years following the war, he served as governor of Ken |
Contents
ANCESTRY AND CHILDHOOD | 1 |
WEST POINT DAYS AND THE MEXICAN WAR | 12 |
MILITARY SERVICE AFTER THE MEXICAN WAR | 21 |
CIVIL AND BUSINESS LIFE | 36 |
ATTEMPTED NEUTRALITY IN KENTUCKY | 51 |
NEUTRALITY ABANDONED | 70 |
CONFEDERATE CONCENTRATION AT BOWLING GREEN | 92 |
FIGHTING ON THE CUMBERLAND | 124 |
BRAGGBUCKNER CONTROVERSY | 237 |
DIFFICULTIES IN TRANSMISSISSIPPI | 257 |
EXILE FROM KENTUCKY AND RETURN | 274 |
WINNING THE KINGSBURY SUIT | 294 |
VISIT TO GRANT | 315 |
CONTINUATION OF GOVERNORSHIP | 360 |
MAKING A CONSTITUTION | 384 |
CLOSING YEARS | 407 |
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