Richard Lucian Page
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
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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