Simon Buckner
| Simon Buckner | |
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| 30th Governor of Kentucky | |
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In office August 30, 1887 – September 2, 1891 |
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| Lieutenant | James Bryan |
| Preceded by | J. Proctor Knott |
| Succeeded by | John Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Simon Bolivar Buckner April 1, 1823 Munfordville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | January 8, 1914 (aged 90) Hart County, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Resting place | Frankfort Cemetery |
| Political party |
Democratic National Democratic (1896) |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Kingsbury Delia Claiborne |
| Children | Simon |
| Education | United States Military Academy (BS) |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 United States Confederate States
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| Service/branch |
United States Army Kentucky State Guard Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1844–1855 (U.S. Army) 1858–1861 (KY State Guard) 1861–1865 (C.S. Army) |
| Rank |
 Captain (U.S. Army) Major General (KY State Guard) Lieutenant General (C.S. Army)
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| Unit |
U.S. 2nd Infantry Regiment U.S. 6th Infantry Regiment |
| Commands |
Fort Donelson (Temporarily, surrendered) 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Tennessee District of the Gulf 3rd Corps, Army of Tennessee Department of East Tennessee District of Arkansas and Western Louisiana |
| Battles/wars |
Mexican-American War American Civil War • Battle of Fort Donelson • Battle of Perryville • Battle of Chickamauga |
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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