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Simon Bolivar Buckner
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 Ken
The Currency
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Simon Bolivar Buckner
Simon Bolivar Buckner was branded "the greatest traitor to the nation since Benedict Arnold" by his hometown newspaper. His choice to join the Confederacy turned his neighbors against him, but as this book shows, he rebounded to become Governor of Kentucky, and a candidate for the U.S. Vice-Presidency.
Tenth Army Commander
The first full publication of the writings of Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., a major figure of the Pacific War.
Tenth Army Commander
An important memoir from a long-silent voice among Pacific War leaders. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was a major figure of the Pacific War, both for his command in Alaska and in his key role heading Tenth Army during the Battle of Okinawa in the spring of 1945. Buckner was the senior U.S. officer killed by enemy fire in World War II when Japanese artillery cut him down on June 18, 1945, one month shy of his 59th birthday. The shelling ended a remarkable life – son of a Confederate Lieutenant General and governor of Kentucky, the “Child of the Democracy” in the 1896 Presidential election campaign, educated at West Point, myriad service as a student and instructor at various Army posts and ...
Seven Stars
Battle diaries are essential for understanding what generals are thinking as they work their way through the fog of battle. Nicholas Sarantakes juxtaposes the diaries of two very different generals who both fought at Okinawa: Lt. Gen. Buckner, a by-the-numbers man who favored the use of artillery and tanks to reduce entrenched positions, and Gen. Stilwell, a prickly outsider who preferred maneuver to set-piece battles. Sarantakes identifies individuals, includes explanations of important events alluded to by the generals and provides glossaries of main characters and military terms. The result is a record of how Buckner and Stilwell came to grips with the problems of command on a war-torn is...
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, Letter
Copy of Buckner's letter from his headquarters at Dover, Tennessee, February 16, 1862, to Ulysses S. Grant, accepting terms of surrender.
A Sketch of Simon Bolivar Buckner
Biographical sketch of Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823-1914), son of Aylett Hartwell Buckner and Elizabeth Ann Morehad, who was born in Hart County, Kentucky, and later with the family to land near Mt. Holly, Arkansas. Simon Bolivar Buckner attended West Point, served in the Mexican War, married Mary Kingsbury in 1850, resigned from the army in 1855, settled in Chicago, moved later to Glen Lily, Kentucky. He served as a general in the Confederate army during the Civil War, and later as governor of Kentucky. He was nominated in 1896 for the vice-presidency of the United States. Includes some family history and genealogical data.
