By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Richard Lucian Page Letters, 1864
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-619
Creator: Page, Richard Lucian (1807-1901)
Extent: 1.0 Folders
Arrangement: Arranged in chronological order.
Date Acquired: 00/00/0000
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Two 1864 letters. The first letter requests permission for a vessel to pass Fort Morgan with sick and wounded on board. The second letter concerns allegations against R. L. Page during the surrender of Fort Morgan.
Biographical Note
Richard Lucian Page was born on December 20, 1807 in Clarke County, Virginia. He married Sarah Alexina Taylor on November 4, 1842 in Norfolk, Virginia. Page joined the United States Navy in 1824 and served during the Mexican American War and the Civil War. In 1864, Page left the Confederate States Navy for a commission in the Confederate States Army as Brigadier General at Fort Morgan. After surrendering the fort in August 1864, he was a prisoner until September 1865. After the war, Page moved to Norfolk and was superintendent of the public schools from 1875 to 1883. He died on August 9, 1901 in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania and was buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Mary Beverley Dabney and William Minor Dabney by donation
Preferred Citation:
Richard Lucian Page Letters, MSS 0000-619, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed November 14, 2016.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 7: Filing Cabinet Manuscripts
- Folder 1: Correspondence to and from R. L. Page, 1864
- Item 1: Correspondence, D. G. Farragut to R. L. Page, 1864 August 5
- Written by Rear Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, Commanding W. G. B. Squadron and sent to Brigadier General Richard Lucian Page, Commanding at Fort Morgan.
- Item 2: Correspondence, R. L. Page to E. R. S. Canby, 1864 October 1
- Written by Richard Lucian Page, Brigadier General, Confederate States Army, and sent to Major General Edward Richard Sprigg Canby.