# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/basil-w-duke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:04:02.503Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/basil-w-duke"
name: "Basil W. Duke"
slug: "basil-w-duke"
description: "Basil Wilson Duke was a Confederate general officer during the American Civil War. Afterward, he achieved renown as a historian. His most notable role in the war was second-in-command to his brother-in-law John Hunt Morgan. Duke later wrote a popular account of what was called Morgan's Raid (1863). He took over Morgan's command in 1864 after U.S. soldiers killed Morgan. At the end of the war, Duke served among Confederate President Jefferson Davis's bodyguards after his flight from Richmond, Virginia, through the Carolinas."
tagline: "American General of the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Basil_W._Duke.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1838-05-28"
deathDate: "1916-09-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.74
  momentum:             0.8932461873638347
  historical:           7.018
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_W._Duke"
    title: "Basil W. Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "باسيل دبليو. ديوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "باسيل دبليو. ديوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Wilson_Duke"
    title: "Basil Wilson Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_W._Duke"
    title: "Basil W. Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_W._Duke"
    title: "Basil W. Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Wilson_Duke"
    title: "Basil Wilson Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%82%B8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF"
    title: "バジル・デューク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q810046"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump