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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Col. Blanton Duncan Letters, A&M 2611, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Biographical / Historical
Col. Blanton Duncan (b. 1827) was the son of Patsy Martin and Garnett Duncan, of Louisville, Kentucky. A lawyer and member of the legislature before the Civil War, Blanton raised and became colonel of the 1st Kentucky Infantry in the Confederate army. By May 1862 he was working as an engraver and printer of Confederate money in Columbia, South Carolina. He lost his Confederate contracts in 1863 and eventually rejoined the army in North Carolina. H. Blanton Duncan married Mary T. Atkinson in 1853 and had five children.
Separated Material
Portrait paintings from this collection are currently displayed in West Virginia University buildings.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
- Civil War - soldier's letters.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
- Duncan, Blanton
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865