Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 (SC 3143)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

9-14-2017

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3143. Letter, 7 September 1907, of Simon Bolivar Buckner to John H. Weller, former commander of the Orphan Brigade. He suggests that at a forthcoming reunion, the Brigade recommend “the acquiring and improvement” of the birthplace of Jefferson Davis, and notes that an option has already been secured on part of the site. (The Davis Memorial Home movement was subsequently inaugurated at the reunion.)

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 (SC 3143)" (2017). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4354.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4354