Basil Wilson Duke
Basil Wilson Duke (born May 28, 1838 in Georgetown , Scott County , Kentucky , † September 16, 1916 in New York City ) was a Brigadier General of the Confederate Army in the Civil War .
Career
Born in Kentucky in 1838, Duke went to law school after normal schooling and practiced law in St. Louis , Missouri upon admission .
When the Civil War broke out, he returned to Kentucky and joined the Lexington Rifles as 2nd Lieutenant , commanded by his brother-in-law, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan . In 1864, after Morgan's death, he was promoted to brigadier general and took over his cavalry . In April and May 1865 he accompanied President Jefferson Davis and the Confederate government on their escape from Union forces .
After the war, Duke settled in Louisville (Kentucky), continued to work as a lawyer and as an advisor to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad . From 1880 he brought out the veteran magazine Southern Bivouac and wrote two bestsellers.
Works
- A History of Morgan's Cavalry (1867); ISBN 1879941295
- The Civil War Reminiscences of General Basil W. Duke (1911); ISBN 081541174X
See also
literature
- David J. Eicher, The Civil War in Books: An Analytical Bibliography , University of Illinois, 1997, ISBN 0-252-02273-4 .
- Richard N. Current, Encyclopedia of the Confederacy (1993) (4 vol.) ( ISBN 0132759918 )
- John H. Eicher & David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands , Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3 .
- Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders , Louisiana State University Press, 1959, ISBN 0-8071-0823-5 .
Web links
- Basil Wilson Duke in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Duke, Basil Wilson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Confederate General in the American Civil War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Georgetown , Kentucky |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 1916 |
| Place of death | New York City |