There was a Confederate General in the American Civil War named Simon Bolivar Buckner. His son, also named Simon Bolivar Buckner was the highest ranking American General killed in World War 2. There was American sympathy to South American Independence movement.
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There was a Confederate General in the American Civil War named Simon Bolivar Buckner. His son, also named Simon Bolivar Buckner was the highest ranking American General killed in World War 2. There was American sympathy to South American Independence movement.