Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr.

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Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. was a Confederate lieutenant general during the American Civil War who later served as the 30th governor of Kentucky.

Aliases (2)
  • Simon Bolivar Buckner ×5
  • Simon B. Buckner ×1

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
Confederate States Army general
governor
human
allegiance Confederate States of America
United States of America (before secession)
birthDate 1823-04-01
birthPlace Hart County, Kentucky
Kentucky
burialPlace Frankfort Cemetery
Frankfort, Kentucky
conflict American Civil War
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1914-01-08
deathPlace Hart County, Kentucky
Kentucky
educatedAt United States Military Academy
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Buckner
fatherOf Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
givenName Simon
heldRank brigadier general (Confederate States Army)
lieutenant general (Confederate States Army)
major general (Confederate States Army)
honorificPrefix General
Governor
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
middleName Bolivar
militaryBranch Confederate States Army
militaryRank lieutenant general
nativeLanguage English
notableWork service as Confederate lieutenant general in the American Civil War
tenure as 30th Governor of Kentucky
occupation military officer
politician
soldier
participatedIn Battle of Fort Donelson
positionHeld 30th Governor of Kentucky
Confederate general officer
Governor of Kentucky
religion Presbyterianism
residence Kentucky
servedIn United States Army (pre–Civil War)
sexOrGender male
spouse Delia Hayes Claiborne
Mary Jane Kingsbury
surrenderedTo Ulysses S. Grant at Fort Donelson

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. ("Simon Bolivar Buckner")
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. ("Simon Bolivar Buckner")
father
Battle of Chickamauga ("Simon Bolivar Buckner")
commander
Buckner ("Simon Bolivar Buckner")
hasNotableBearer
Confederate military leadership ("Simon Bolivar Buckner")
hasOfficeHolder
Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army) ("Simon B. Buckner")
notableHolder

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