Confederate General William Duncan Smith graduated from West Point in 1846. 59 cadets graduated that year and Smith ranked 35th in his class which included George B. McClellan.Smith saw battle action in South Carolina. In 1862,however, he died from yellow fever.
Confederate General Johnson Kelly Duncan graduated from West Point in 1849. He was ranked fifth in his graduating class of 43 cadets. Duncan saw action in the Western Theater. His life was cut short after dying from malaria on December 18, 1862.
William Duncan - philosopher - was born in 1717.
William Duncan - philosopher - died in 1760.
William Duncan - missionary - was born in 1832.
William Duncan - missionary - died in 1918.
William Wallace Duncan died in 1908.
William Wallace Duncan was born in 1839.
William Augustine Duncan was born in 1811.
William Augustine Duncan died in 1885.
William Duncan Herridge was born in 1888.
William Duncan Herridge died in 1961.
William fitz Duncan died in 1147.