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Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr.

Simon Bolivar Buckner
Black-and-white photo of a mustachioed military officer sitting with a saber across his lap
30th Governor of Kentucky
In office
August 30, 1887 – September 2, 1891
Lieutenant James Bryan
Preceded by J. Proctor Knott
Succeeded by John Y. Brown
Personal details
Born (1823-04-01)April 1, 1823
Hart County, Kentucky
Died January 8, 1914(1914-01-08) (aged 90)
Hart County, Kentucky
Resting place Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky
Political party Democratic
National Democratic
Spouse(s) Mary Jane Kingsbury
Delia Claiborne
Children Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr.
Residence Glen Lily
Alma mater United States Military Academy
Profession Soldier, newspaper editor
Religion Episcopal
Signature
Military service
Allegiance United States of America
Confederate States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Kentucky State Guard
Confederate States Army
Years of service 1844–1855 (USA)
1858–1861 (Kentucky State Guard)
1861–1865 (CSA)
Rank Union army cpt rank insignia.jpg Captain (USA)
Union Army major general rank insignia.svg Major General (Kentucky State Guard)
Confederate States of America General-collar.svg Lieutenant General (CSA)
Unit 2nd U.S. Infantry Regiment
6th U.S. Infantry Regiment
Commands Fort Donelson (temporary) Surrendered
2nd Division, 2nd Corps
District of the Gulf
Third Corps, Army of Tennessee
Department of East Tennessee
District of Arkansas and Western Louisiana
Battles/wars

Mexican–American War
American Civil War


Mexican–American War
American Civil War

Simon Bolivar Buckner (April 1, 1823 – January 8, 1914) was an American soldier and politician who fought in the United States Army in the Mexican–American War and in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He later served as the 30th Governor of Kentucky.

After graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Buckner became an instructor there. He took a hiatus from teaching to serve in the Mexican–American War, participating in many of the major battles of that conflict. He resigned from the army in 1855 to manage his father-in-law's real estate in Chicago, Illinois. He returned to his native state of Kentucky in 1857 and was appointed adjutant general by Governor Beriah Magoffin in 1861. In this position, he tried to enforce Kentucky's neutrality policy in the early days of the Civil War. When the state's neutrality was breached, Buckner accepted a commission in the Confederate Army after declining a similar commission to the Union Army. In 1862, he accepted Ulysses S. Grant's demand for an "unconditional surrender" at the Battle of Fort Donelson. He was the first Confederate general to surrender an army in the war. He spent five months as a prisoner of war. After his release, Buckner participated in Braxton Bragg's failed invasion of Kentucky and near the end of the war became chief of staff to Edmund Kirby Smith in the Trans-Mississippi Department.


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