Letters: to Beriah Magoffin, Frankfort, K[entuck]y, 1861.

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Letters: to Beriah Magoffin, Frankfort, K[entuck]y, 1861.

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Letter, March 8, 1861, discusses shipment of arms and the possibility of civil war; letter, June 15, 1861, details halting General Pillow's advance into Columbus, Kentucky, and the need to maintain neutrality.

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Magoffin, Beriah, 1815-1885

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Governor of Kentucky, public official of Kentucky and Mississippi, and lawyer. From the description of Letters of Beriah Magoffin, 1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454225 ...

Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914

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Simon Bolivar Buckner, governor of Kentucky during 1887-91, was born near Munfordville, Kentucky, in 1823, to Aytell Hartswell and Elizabeth Ann Buckner. He entered West Point in 1840 and saw active duty in the Mexican War after graduation. He later became head of Kentucky's state militia, then joined the Confederate Army as brigadier general at the start of the Civil War. After the war, Buckner was a journalist and businessman in New Orleans until he was allowed to return to Kentucky in 1868. I...