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Basil Wilson Duke, CSA : the right man in the right place / Gary Robert Matthews ; with a foreword by James A. Ramage.
Van Pelt Library E467.1.D88 M38 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Matthews, Gary Robert, 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Duke, Basil Wilson, 1838-1916.
- Duke, Basil Wilson.
- Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864.
- Confederate States of America. Army.
- Generals--Confederate States of America--Biography.
- Generals.
- Legislators.
- Lawyers.
- Friends and associates.
- Kentucky.
- Kentucky--Louisville.
- Confederate States of America. Army--Biography.
- Confederate States of America.
- Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864--Friends and associates.
- Morgan, John Hunt.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Cavalry operations.
- United States.
- History.
- Lawyers--Kentucky--Louisville--Biography.
- Legislators--Kentucky--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 358 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2005]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-346) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813123755
- OCLC:
- 60824154
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