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Thomas D. (Thomas Dudley) Duncan
1846–1931
Remembered for a vivid Civil War memoir written late in life, this Mississippi veteran left behind a firsthand account of Shiloh, Forrest’s command, and the hardships of campaigning. His writing feels direct and personal, shaped by memories carried for decades.
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Recollections of Thomas D. Duncan, a Confederate Soldier
by Thomas D. (Thomas Dudley) Duncan
About the author
Thomas Dudley Duncan was born on June 30, 1846, and died on September 19, 1931. He was closely associated with Corinth, Mississippi, where a historical marker notes that he wrote the story of his wartime experiences in his boyhood home.
As a teenager during the American Civil War, Duncan served in the Confederate forces. Accounts connected with his memoir and the Corinth marker say he enlisted very young and later rode with Nathan Bedford Forrest. His best-known work, Recollections of Thomas D. Duncan, a Confederate Soldier, was published in 1922 and preserves his memories of battles, danger, and army life from the viewpoint of someone who experienced the war in his youth.
Because reliable biographical information about his later personal life is limited in the sources I found, it is safest to remember him chiefly as a memoirist whose book offers a firsthand Confederate soldier’s perspective from Mississippi.