by DUKE, Basil W., General, C.S.A. (1838-1916)

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Book Description

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page, 1911. Tall octavo, beige cloth, spine gilt lettered, red, blue and gilt device on front cover, top edges gilt, others rough trimmed. pp xii, 512, (2) plus a fine sepia photogravure frontispiece with facsimile signature and tissue guard. Spine lightly rubbed, gilt a bit dull; cracked inner hinges neatly repaired, small hole to inner margin of dedication leaf, yellowing to page edges, else a VG clean, tight and unworn copy, no owner names. Gen. Duke, born in Kentucky, was in Missouri in 1861 when hostilities broke out, and lead a band of Minute Men and was an agitator for the secessionist cause. He was second in command under Gen. John Hunt Morgan, who was also his brother-in-law, and was in charge of mounted training for Morgan's Raiders. He was captured at the Battle of Buffington Island on the Ohio River on 19 July, 1863, and remained in prison until 03 Aug., 1864. He was with Jeff Davis when the government had to leave Richmond, as was part of the final Confederate war council on 02 May, 1865. After the war he lived the rest of his life in Louisville and practiced as a lawyer as well as an historian. "He also wrote three books: History of Morgan's Cavalry (1867), History of the Bank of Kentucky, 1792-1895 (1895), and Reminiscences of General Basil W. Duke (a collection of various magazine articles he wrote) (1911).[A prominent writer of the Southern experience, he neither advocated slavery, nor apologized for it; thinking it was a good thing it was abolished, but that Northern claims of excessive abuse of slaves was exaggerated." - Wikipedia. Historian James A. Ramage said of Duke, "No Southerner was more dedicated to the Confederacy than General Basil W. Duke". Note: 1.5 kg parcel, please enquire for shipping rate.. First printing. Hardcover.

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