Sources

The Buckner Mint Julep Ceremony

Texts

The story about the General/Governor Buckner is excerpted from from "A Day with Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Ranking Surviving Officer of Civil War", Nashville Banner (Jan. 2, 1909) by M.B. Morton reprinted in "Compilation of Articles on Simon Bolivar Buckner, Civil War General and Kentucky Governor" (Hart County [Kentucky] Historical Society, 1995).
General Connor's letter is in my father's possession. This page was prepared from a photocopy in my possession. It contains no material differences from the version published in the Assembly.
The letter of then-Lieutenant Colonel Buckner (various sources anticipate his promotion to General) has been published many times. The original, of course, was sent to General Connor. I do not know its current location, or whether it survives. (I strongly suspect, however, that the manual typewriter did not use italic type.)

Images

The photograph of President Roosevelt is from the Franklin Delano Roosevelt presidential library website. It shows him conducting a "Fireside Chat" on April 28, 1935, some six weeks before the events here recounted.
The photograph of General MacArthur is from http://westpoint.west-point.org