Brief Description: 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.

Record Series Number: 001/01/MSS 0000-619

Created by: Page, Richard Lucian (1807-1901)

Volume: 1.0 Folders

Acquired: 00/00/0000.

Arrangement: Arranged in chronological order.

Biographical Note for Page, Richard Lucian (1807-1901) : 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.

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Acquisition Notes: Mary Beverley Dabney and William Minor Dabney by donation

PreferredCitation: Richard Lucian Page Letters, MSS 0000-619, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.