Simon Bolivar Buckner: Borderland Knight

by Arndt Stickles

Overview

Trained 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 Kentucky. Cultured, courtly, unostentatious, Buckner was the Borderland Knight, truly great in his simplicity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781839747922
Publisher:	Barakaldo Books
Publication date:	06/14/2022
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	464
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

The late Arndt Stickles was professor of history at Western Kentucky State Teachers College. His other works include Elements of Government and The Critical Court Struggle in Kentucky.

Table of Contents

	Preface	vii
I.	Ancestry and Childhood	1
II.	West Point Days and the Mexican War	12
III.	Military Service After the Mexican War	21
IV.	Civil and Business Life	36
V.	Attempted Neutrality in Kentucky	51
VI.	Neutrality Abandoned	70
VII.	Confederate Concentration at Bowling Green	92
VIII.	Pre-Donelson Activities in Kentucky	108
IX.	Fighting on the Cumberland	124
X.	Confederate Disaster at Donelson	145
XI.	Surrender, Imprisonment, and Exchange	164
XII.	Munfordville, Perryville, Mobile	194
XIII.	East Tennessee, Chickamauga, Chattanooga	215
XIV.	Bragg-Buckner Controversy	237
XV.	Difficulties in Trans-Mississippi	257
XVI.	Exile from Kentucky and Return	274
XVII.	Winning the Kingsbury Suit	294
XVIII.	Visit to Grant	315
XIX.	Election to Governorship	338
XX.	Continuation of Governorship	360
XXI.	Making a Constitution	384
XXII.	Closing Years	407
	Bibliography	431
	Index	439