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
14 Jan. 1862 letter (fl. 19) discusses Union preparations, such as reconnoitering and experimental shooting, for the attack on Columbus, Ky. Notes Union troop movements and reinforcements. Surmises preparations are a feint to keep the Confederates from reinforcing Bowling Green, with the actual attack coming later, when the gunboats are ready. Another letter of 29 July 1897 (fl. 22) briefly recalls Hubbard T. Buckner's Kentucky Cavalry unit and his decision against joining the "Yankee Army. Also 24 July 1861 orders for to move the Ky. State Guards. Also includes letters from 23 March 1877; 9. 27, 30 Oct. 1903; 23, 28 Nov.1903; ca. 1903; 16 Dec. 1905; and 27 Apr 1906; damage lists; a legal notice concerning claims against the U.S. Government for property damaged in Northern Ky. during the war.