Basil Duke was John Hunt Morgan’s brother-in-law and second-in-command, and his history follows the Kentucky cavalry from its first scouting parties through the great raids into Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. He describes the tactics of mounted infantry, camp life, the regiment’s own captured printing press and newspaper, and the personalities of the men.
A lively primary source on Civil War cavalry, written from a committed Confederate point of view that readers should weigh accordingly. Download the free EPUB.