In 1909 Simon Bolivar Buckner gave an interview later published in Confederate Veteran. His opinions of General Braxton Bragg and Lieutenant General James Longstreet, both of whom he served with closely, are worth noting. On Bragg: “General Bragg had some merit, a good deal of merit, but was ill balanced. When President Jefferson Davis visited … Continue reading Buckner Assesses Bragg and Longstreet