Basil Wilson Duke, CSA : the right man in the right place

Basil Wilson Duke, CSA : the right man in the right place /

After practicing law for several years in St. Louis, Basil Wilson Duke (1838-1916) enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861 and was elected first lieutenant of John Hunt Morgan's legendary cavalry unit. As second in command, he was, Morgan recorded, "wise in counsel, gallant in the field,&...

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Main Author: Matthews, Gary Robert, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2005
Subjects:
Duke, Basil Wilson, > 1838-1916.
Morgan, John Hunt, > 1825-1864 > Friends and associates.
Confederate States of America. > Army > Biography.
Generals > Confederate States of America > Biography.
Lawyers > Kentucky > Louisville > Biography.
Legislators > Kentucky > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Cavalry operations.
Biography
Biographies.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The right man in the right place
  • The Bluegrass
  • MissourI
  • On the Green River
  • Shiloh, the end of innocence
  • Partners in command
  • All the Kentuckians wanted to ride
  • December battles
  • We found pies hot from the oven
  • The boys were sorry that Duke was captured
  • A convivial evening in Philadelphia
  • The glory and chivalry seemed gone
  • We looked at each other in amazement
  • To perpetuate his fame
  • My prospects in that line were not brilliant
  • Salmagundi
  • A distinctively Southern magazine
  • Politics and panic
  • At the turn of the century
  • The disappointments of life should seem trivial.

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