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to their countrymen the part performed by the Confederate soldiers from Kentucky and their gallant officers.
For small, yet effective, as were the number of muskets, no troops fought more bravely, and no State was more ably represented than Kentucky in her trio of generals, —noble men all, who were never separated in friendship by faction or jealousy, and who illustrated in their character and deeds the elements which make men great and have made their State famous.
Each, by the unanimous verdict of the army, earned an advancement in grade; but Kentucky was already top-heavy in rank proportionate to her troops in the service, and other States clamored for recognition of their sons.
Later in the war General Buckner was made a lieutenant-general, and just before its close General Preston a major-general.
Atlanta, Ga. 1899.
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