Simon B. Buckner to Scott Brown
1861-06-25
- Date of Creation
- June 25, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1859-1862
- Box / Folder
- MG5-166
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-019-0099
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208353
Citation
Simon B. Buckner to Scott Brown, 1861-06-25, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-019-0099 (November 12, 2026).
1
Gen. Buckner to the Adjutant General
Headquarters Ky. State Guard,
Louisville,
Sir:
In carrying out the instructions of the Commander-in-chief, in reference to furnishing the troops hacalled out in the Southwestern part of the State for to enforce our obligations to the General government, with the necessary camp equipage, I have met with an unexpected obstruction in the ^an^ agent of the U. States. The action of this official, if official he can be called, is of so arbitrary and extraordinay a character that I conceive it my duty to report it for the information of the Commander-in-chief.
The enclosed papers will explain all that I know of the singular system action of Mr. Mellon, who, as well as I can understand, claims to direct the right, under the authority of the President, to forbid the State of Kentucky from executing her laws, even when she is thereby discharging her duty to the General Government.
I am, sir, Very respectfully,
Your Obt. Svt.
S. B. Buckner.
Inspector General.
To
Gen. Scott Brown
Adjt Gen. of Ky,
Frankfort.