Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Buckner Family Papers, 1784-1991. 4 cubic feet.
Call No.
Mss. A B925 19,20 22,25,27,28,47,48,57
Content
Of primary importance, 14 Jan. 1862 letter (fl.19) which describes Union preparations for the attack on Columbus. Ky.; 1 June 1863 letter (fl.22) which laments the death of Stonewall Jackson and notes his favorable coverage in the English press; and 29 July 1897 letter (fl.22) which briefly recalls Hubbard T. Buckner's organizing a cavalry unit and then deciding not to enter the "Yankee Army." Also 24 July 1861 orders to move the Ky. State Guards. Also includes letters, a legal notice, lists of damages concerning claims made against the U.S. Government for property damages in Northern Kentucky during the war. These letters include: 23 March 1877; 9,27, and 30 October 1903; 23 and 28 November 1903; ca. 1903; 16 December 1905; and 27 Apr. 1906.