to Mary K. Buckner

Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 to Mary K. Buckner

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GLC#
GLC00992
Type
Letters
Date
February 21, 1862
Author/Creator
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914
Title
to Mary K. Buckner
Place Written
Paducah, Kentucky
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 13 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Confederate general Buckner writes to his wife, states that he is on his way to Indianapolis, where he was interred at Camp Morton after surrendering Fort Donelson to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. States that his staff is with him. With an autograph note signed on verso by Buckner to Grant, asking that it go to his wife. Sent care of Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston.

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