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Lt. Gen. Simon B. Buckner

 

 

 

Born: April 1, 1823

Hart County, Kentucky

 

 

 

 

 

Died: January 8, 1914

Hart County, Kentucky

 

West Point: 1844

Brevet 2nd Lieutenant: July 1844

Brevet 1st Lieutenant: August 1847

Brevet Captain: September 1847

1st Lieutenant: December 31, 1851

Captain: November 3, 1852

Resigned: March 26, 1855

BGen. C.S.A.: September 14, 1861

MGen. C.S.A.: August 16, 1862

Lt. Gen.: September 20, 1864

Lt. Gen. Simon B. Buckner

1844: West Point Graduate - 11th in class of 25

July 1844: Brevet 2nd Lieutenant assigned to 2nd U. S. Infantry Regiment - Garrison duty at Sackett's Harbor on Lake Ontario

August 28, 1845: Returned to Academy as assistant professor

1846 - 1848: Mexican-American War

August 20, 1847: Battle of Churubusco - Earned Brevet 1st Lieutenant

September 8, 1847: Battle of Molino del Rey - Earned Brevet Captain

September 12, 1847: Battle of Belen Gate

September 13, 1847: Battle of Chapultepec

September 13-14, 1847: Storming of Mexico City

1849: Returned to West Point to teach infantry tactics

Resigned teaching position over compulsory chapel policy

May 1850: Assigned to Fort Snelling and later to Fort Atkinson

December 31, 1851: Promoted to 1st Lieutenant

November 3, 1852: Promoted to Captain, Commissary Department of the 6th U. S. Infantry

March 26, 1855: Resigned from the Army

1858: Louisville Militia known as "Citizen's Guard" - Served as Captain

1860: "Citizen's Guard" incorporated into Kentucky's State Guard's Second Regiment

Spring 1860: Major General and Inspector General, Kentucky State Guard

July 20, 1861: Resigned from Kentucky State Militia

August 1861: Was asked twice to join the Union as Brigadier General and declined

September 14, 1861: Accepted commission as BGen. in C.S.A.

September 18 - October 28, 1861: Commander, Central Geographical Division of Kentucky, Department #2

October 28, 1861 - February 11, 1862: Commander, 2nd Division, Central Army of Kentucky, Department #2

February 11 -16, 1862: Commander, Division, Fort Donelson, Central Army of Kentucky, Department #2

February 14-16, 1862: Battle of Fort Donelson

February 16, 1862: Commander, Fort Donelson - First General to surrender during battle

February 16 - August 15, 1862: Union prisoner of war at Fort Warren in Boston

August 15, 1862: Exchanged for Union BGen. George A. McCall

August 16, 1862: Promoted to Lt. General - Ordered to Chattanooga to join Gen. Bragg's Army of Tennessee

September 16 - November 20, 1862: Commander, Division, Left Wing, Army of the Mississippi

Invasion of Kentucky

October 8, 1862: Battle of Perryville

November 20 - December 14, 1862: Commander, Division, Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee

December 14, 1862 - April 27, 1863: Commander, District of the Gulf, Department #2

May 12 - September 1863: Commander, Department of East Tennessee

September 1863: Commander, Corps, Army of Tennessee

September 19-20, 1863: Battle of Chickamauga

October - November 1863: Commander, Division, Cheatham's Corps, Army of Tennessee

November 26 - December 1863: Commander, Division, Department of East Tennessee

April 12 - May 2, 1864: Department of East Tennessee

June - August 4, 1864: Second-in-Commander, Trans-Mississippi Department

August 4, 1864 - April 19, 1865: District of West Louisiana, Trans-Mississippi Department

September 20, 1864: Promoted to Lt. Gen.

April 22 - May 26, 1865: Commander, Department of Arkansas and West Louisiana, Trans-Mississippi Department

June 2, 1865: Last General to Surrender

August 30, 1887 - September 2, 1891: Governor of Kentucky 

Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 95-96

Warner, Ezra J. "Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders." Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992. p 38-39

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