{⋆★⋆} BG CSN Page, Richard Lucian

Richard Lucian Page
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Born: December 20, 1807

Birthplace: Clarke County, Virginia

Father: William Byrd Page 1774 – 1812
(Buried: Fairfield Plantation, Clarke County, Virginia ?)​

Mother: Anne Elizabeth Lee 1776 – 1857
(Buried: Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)​

Wife: Sarah Alexina Taylor 1819 – 1902
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)​

Children:

Elizabeth Calvert Page Whittle 1846 – 1921​
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)​
William Byrd Page 1850 – 1918​
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​
Alexina Taylor Page 1853 – 1882​
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)​
Walter Taylor Page 1861 – 1944​
(Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Nebraska)​

Occupation before War:

1824 – 1861: Served in the United States Navy rising to Commander​
Lt. Commander on U.S.S. Independence​
Ordnance Duty at United States Navy Norfolk Ship Yard​
Commander of U.S.S. Perry in United States Navy Africa Squadron​
Executive Officer of United States Navy Retiring Board​
1857 – 1859: Commander of U.S.S. Germantown​
1859 – 1861: Commander at United States Navy Norfolk Ship Yard​

Civil War Career:

1861: Naval Aide to Governor John Letcher​
Served as the Confederate States Navy Norfolk Ship Yard​
1861 – 1864: Served in the Confederate States Navy rising to Captain​
Established Ordnance and construction depot in Charlotte, N.C.​
1861 – 1864: Manager of Ordnance & Construction depot in Charlotte​
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Served with the Confederate States Navy in Savannah, Georgia​
1861: Participated in the Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina​
1864 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry​
1864 – 1865: Commander of Outer defenses of on Mobile Bay, Alabama​
1864: Commander of Fort Morgan in Mobile, Alabama​
1864: Refused to surrender Fort Morgan to Union Army​
1864 – 1865: Prisoner of War held at Fort Delaware Union Prison​
1865: Released from Prison at Fort Delaware in September​

Occupation after War:

1875 – 1883: Superintendent of Schools for Norfolk, Virginia​

Died: August 9, 1901

Place of Death: Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania

Age at time of Death: 93 years old

Burial Place: Cedar Hill Cemetery Norfolk, Virginia

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The bio that I'm reading on him says "he served a gun in Sewell's Point Battery" during the Virginia's battles at Hampton Roads. Not real sure of the meaning of that sentence.

Said to have broken his sword over his knee instead of surrendering it to the Union forces.

His mother was a Lee, which may explain his resemblance to Robert E Lee. Does anyone know the connection, if there is one?

Thanks for posting!
His mother, Ann Elizabeth, was a sister to Henry(Light-Horse Harry) Lee.
 
How neat to read about this person I've never heard of. He died right around where I live. I wonder how they wound up there? (I imagine his wife was living with him too, when he died). She died not even a year after he did. They say that happens at times when a couple's been married for so long (it looks like they were what, at least for 50 or 60 years or so? I didn't do the math), when one dies the other doesn't live too long after.

His wife apparently went by the name "Alexina" and not her given first name, "Sarah". That's a pretty name; I've never heard of it before. I had to check the dates on the grave to verify it was his wife and not daughter, since their daughter has the same name.
 
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