★★★ Duff, William Lewis

William Lewis Duff​

Born: August 25, 1843

Birthplace: Sarepta, Calhoun County, Mississippi

Father: William R. Duff 1803 – 1855

(Buried: Camp Ground Cemetery, Sarepta, Mississippi)​

Mother: Ruth Wells Lewis 1812 – 1896

(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Texas)​

Wife: Almedia Talbot 1835 – 1867

(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)​

Wife: Julia Keese 1847 – 1933

(Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York)​

Children:

Almedia Duff 1867 – 1869​

(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery Memphis Tennessee)​

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Lee Calhoun Duff 1881 – 1926​

(Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery Brooklyn New York)​

Education:

Student at University of Mississippi at beginning of the War​

Civil War Career:

1861: Lt. Company K, 17th​ Mississippi Infantry Regiment​

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1861 – 1862: Captain Company K, 17th​ Mississippi Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1864: Major of 17th​ Mississippi Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Wounded during the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia​

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1863 – 1864: Lt. Colonel of 19th​ Mississippi Cavalry Battalion​

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1864: Dropped as Major on January 1, 1864

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1864 – 1865: Colonel of 8th​ Mississippi Cavalry Regiment​

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Wounded during the day before Battle of Tupelo, Mississippi​

Occupation after War:

Attorney in Memphis, Tennessee​

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City Recorder for Memphis, Tennessee​

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Member of Confederate Historical Association​

Died: March 2, 1909

Place of Death: Eureka, Humboldt County, California

Age at time of Death: 64 years old

Burial Place: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee (March 16, 1909)

 

[Pollaco]

There was a Colonel James Duff who was active along the Texas Border during the war and I think Duff did have a brother by that name. Could it be the same "James"?

 

[Pollaco]

General S.D.Lee said of the 17th Mississippi..."Theirs was the martyr's devotion without the martyr's hope.Their generation and their country imposed upon them this high servive. They fulfilled it without flinching".

 

[gentlemanrob]

Obit for Colonel Duff.

 

[Pollaco]

I'm not really sure what the term "dropped" is meant to be. If Duff was dropped from the roster of the 19th then the joke was on them. 6 companys of the 19th were soon consolidated with 4 other companys to form the 8th Mississippi of which Colonel Duff was commanding.He may have been dropped as a major but they got him right back as a Colonel.

 

[Bruce Allardice]

There was a Colonel James Duff who was active along the Texas Border during the war and I think Duff did have a brother by that name. Could it be the same "James"?

The two weren't related. Col. James Duff was born in Scotland, and died in Great Britain.