Duncan Kenner

Duncan F. Kenner (1813 – July 3, 1887) was a Louisiana politician, lawyer, and diplomat for the Confederate States.

Duncan Kenner in The Guns of the South
Duncan Kenner was elected to the Confederate House of Representatives for a Louisiana district, in the election of 1867 on the Confederate Party ticket. As such, he supported President Robert E. Lee's proposal to eliminate slavery.

Kenner was part of a delegation of Congressmen and Senators that Lee had invited to examine the captured Rivington Men's headquarters in Richmond after the Richmond Massacre. He had been primed by Judah Benjamin to ask the purpose of the meeting allowing Lee to explain what he had discovered about the Rivington Men. As part of his explanation, Lee had laid out captured reference books and other documents for the delegation to examine. This strengthened Kenner's support for Lee's position.