Richard L. Page
| Richard Lucian Page | |
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Richard Lucian Page
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| Born |
December 20, 1807 Clarke County, Virginia |
| Died |
August 9, 1901 (aged 93) Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania |
| Buried at | Cedar Hill Cemetery, Norfolk Virginia |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy Confederate States Navy Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1824–1861 (USN) 1861–1864 (CSN) 1864–1865 (CSA) |
| Rank |
 Commander (USN) Captain (CSN) Brigadier General (CSA)
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| Battles/wars | |
Mexican-American War
American Civil War
Richard Lucian Page (December 20, 1807 – August 9, 1901) was a United States Navy officer who joined the Confederate States Navy and later became a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Richard L. Page was born in Clarke County, Virginia on December 20, 1807 to William Byrd Page (1768-1812) and Ann (Lee) Page (b.1776). He has a maternal cousin in the future Confederate Full General Robert E. Lee and a paternal cousin in the poet Thomas Nelson Page. Another maternal relative is Charles Lee (attorney general) who was U.S. Attorney General during the Washington Administration and the John Adams Administration. He attended the common schools in Clarke County and in Alexandria, Virginia.
Richard Lucian Page joined the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman on March 12, 1824 and his first assignment in 1824-1825 was on board the USS John Adams of the U.S. Navy West Indies Squadron led by Commodore David Porter. In 1825, he was ordered to the USS Brandywine and was with the crew when it carried General Marquis de Lafayette back to France under the leadership of U.S. Navy Captain Charles Morris. Now in Europe, Midshipman Page was transferred to the USS Constitution where he served with this U.S. Navy Mediterranean Squadron ship until it returned to the port of Boston, Massachusetts on Independence Day, 1828.
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