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