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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00992 Author/Creator: Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 Place Written: Paducah, Kentucky Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 21, 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

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.

Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914
Buckner, Mary K., fl. 1862
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862

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