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Title	Brigadier General Simon Bolivar Buckner
Image Rights	Digital image © 2008, Tennessee State Library & Archives. All rights reserved.
Copyright	While TSLA houses an item, it does not necessarily hold the copyright on the item, nor may it be able to determine if the item is still protected under current copyright law. Users are solely responsible for determining the existence of such instances and for obtaining any other permissions and paying associated fees that may be necessary for the intended use.
Subjects - TGM	Soldiers Military uniforms
Subjects - LCSH	United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865; Tennessee - History - Civil War, 1861-1865; Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914
Description	Half-length portrait of Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner in uniform. Visible are the brigadier general insignia and a sword resting in his lap.
Collection name	Library Photograph Collection
Historical note	Simon Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky served in the Mexican-American War and taught infantry tactics at West Point. During the Civil War he accepted a Confederate commission after Kentucky could no longer maintain neutrality. He served at Fort Donelson and in General Bragg's abortive invasion of Kentucky. Buckner saw action at Perryville, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga. In 1887 he successfully ran for Governor of Kentucky. In 1896 he ran unsuccessfully for president on the National Democratic Party ticket.
Negative number	749
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library & Archives
ID#	563
Ordering Information	To order a digital reproduction of this item, please send our order form at http://www.tn.gov/tsla/dwg/ImageOrderForm.pdf to Public Services, Tennessee State Library & Archives, 403 7th Ave. N., Nashville, TN 37243-0312, or email to photoorders.tsla@tn.gov. Further ordering information can be found at the following location: http://www.tn.gov/tsla/dwg/imaging.htm
Digital type	IMAGE
Digital format	TIFF