Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Duke na tasiri na dindindin ya kasance a matsayin mai tarihi da kuma sadarwa na Confederate kwarewa. A matsayinsa na masanin tarihi ya taimaka wajen kafa kungiyar Filson Club Historical Society kuma ya fara kare fagen yakin Shiloh
Ka yi haƙuri. Ya rubuta littattafai da mujallu da yawa, musamman a cikin "Southern Bivouac". Lokacin da ya mutu, yana daya daga cikin manyan jami'an kungiyar Tarayyar da ke da rai. Masanin tarihi James A. Ramage ya ce Duke, "Babu wani dan Kudu da ya fi sadaukar da kai ga Kungiyar Kungiyar fiye da Janar Basil W. Duke".