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Buckner, Simon B

Simon B Buckner (1823-1914) trained the Kentucky militia to defend the state's neutrality. Later, Buckner became a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army.

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Who Was Who in the Union by Stewart Sifakis
Call Number: 973.70922 S573wa
Publication Date: 1988
Historical Times Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War by Patricia L. Faust, editor
Call Number: 973.7 H673
Publication Date: 1986
The Civil War Almanac by John S. Bowman, editor
Call Number: 973.7 B787c
Publication Date: 1983
How the North Won by Herman Hattaway and Archer Jones
Call Number: 973.73 H366h
Publication Date: 1983
Simon Bolivar Buckner: Borderland Knight by Arndt Mathis Stickles
Call Number: 92 B925s
Publication Date: 1940

Drill, Training, and the Combat Performance of the Civil War Soldier: Dispelling the Myth of the Poor Soldier, Great Fighter by Mark A. Weitz.
The Journal of Military History 62, no. 2:263-289 April 2008.
Simon Bolivar Buckner? by Chris Howland.
Civil War Times 45, no. 10:64 January 2007.

The Grey Eagle of Glen Lily: Simon Bolivar Buckner's Place in the Lost Cause, Reunion, and Politics of the Late Nineteenth Century by Whitney K. Todd.
Louisville, Kentucky, University of Louisville, May 2014. 127 p.
Intimidation Provocation Conspiracy & Intrigue: The Militias of Kentucky, 1859–1861 by John A. Boyd.
Army History 69:6-17 Fall 2008.
The Rise and Fall of a Confederate State Capital: Bowling Green, Kentucky by Michael L. Trapasso.
Focus on Geography 50, no. 4:1-9 Spring 2008.
Gen. Simon B. Buckner Dies: Candidate for Vice President on Gold Democratic Ticket was 91 by New York Times.
New York Times January 1914.