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Basil Wilson Duke (May 28, 1838 – September 16, 1916) was a lawyer in Kentucky and a Confederate general officer during the American Civil War. Afterward, he achieved renown as a historian. His most notable role in the war was second-in-command to his brother-in-law John Hunt Morgan.
Confederate Military History, Volume 9. BY COL. J. STODDARD JOHNSTON. Brigadier-General Basil Duke, colonel of the Second Kentucky cavalry in John H. Morgan's lifetime, and successor to that officer upon his death, appears first upon the scene of action in the great civil war as a captain in Missouri and commissioned by the governor of that ...
Apr 30, 2022 · Basil Wilson Duke (May 28, 1838 – September 16, 1916) was a Confederate general officer during the American Civil War. His most noted service in the war was as second-in-command for his brother-in-law John Hunt Morgan; Duke would later write a popular account of Morgan's most famous raid: 1863's Morgan's Raid.
- Henrietta Hunt Duke
- Georgetown, KY
- circa 1838
- 1916 (73-82)New York, NY
Nov 29, 2020 · Gen. Basil W. Duke, C.S.A. A close associate of brother-in-law John Hunt Morgan, Duke provided tactics, discipline, and spirit, major elements of success of famous 2nd Ky. Cavalry. Wounded in battle twice, 1862; captured July 1863 in Ind.-Ohio raid; exchanged August 1864.
U.S. Army Military History Institute Civil War Biographies-Confederate . 950 Soldiers Drive . Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013-5021 . 7 Jan 2011
Jun 28, 2006 · Language. English. 578 p. Includes: The capture of Morgan (newspaper clipping mounted on end flyleaf) and Morgan's cavalry during the Bragg invasion / by Basil W. Duke (2 folded leaves tipped in at end)
Basil Wilson Duke, a Brigadier General of the Confederate Army and the last commander of Morgan's Cavalry, better remembered as "Morgan's Raiders," died yesterday in the Presbyterian...
