Basil W. Duke

Birth Date

1838-05-28

Death Date

1916-09-16

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Kentucky attorney and soldier. Scott County, Kentucky, native. Son of Nathaniel W. Duke and Mary Pickett Currie Duke. Married to Henrietta Hunt Morgan on June 18, 1861. Attended Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky. Attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Graduated with law degree from Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky in 1858. Attorney and police commissioner in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1860. First lieutenant in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.), from October 27, 1861 to 1864. Brigadier general in Morgan’s Brigade of Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A.) from September 15, 1864 to 1865.

James A. Ramage, "Basil W. Duke" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 273. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis, Ward 5, p. 256. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 11. Compiled Service Records of Confederate officers and enlisted men who did not belong to any particular regiment, separate company or comparable unit, or special corps, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M331 Roll 80.

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