I am hoping to find out more information about my great-great-grandfather, Epaphroditus Burks, who spent his last years at a soldier's home for Confederates in Missouri. My grandmother used to visit him there.

He's listed at the soldier's home as having been a private in "Buckner's Bodyguard." I am guessing this Buckner was Simon Bolivar Buckner, but I could be wrong.

Any information or help will be greatly appreciated.

D. Springer