Richard Lucian Page was a United States Navy

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

 officer who joined the Confederate States Navy

Confederate States Navy

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 and later became a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army

Confederate States Army

The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. On February 8, 1861, delegates from the seven Deep South states which had already declared their secession from the United States of America adopted the...

 during the American Civil War. He was a cousin of Confederate General Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

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. Another cousin was poet Thomas Nelson Page

Thomas Nelson Page

Thomas Nelson Page was a lawyer and American writer. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson, including the important period of World War I.-Biography:...

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Biography

Page was born in Clarke County, Virginia

Clarke County, Virginia

Clarke County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2010, the population was 14,034. Its county seat is Berryville.-History:Clarke County was established in 1836 by Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron who built a home, Greenway Court, on part of his 5 million acre property,...

. He died in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, and is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk, Virginia

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During the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

, Page served as a Naval aide to the Governor of Virginia

Governor of Virginia

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 in 1861.

Namesake

The USS Richard L. Page (DEG-5/FFG-5)

USS Richard L. Page (FFG-5)

USS Richard L. Page was a Brooke class frigate in the United States Navy.Richard L. Page was laid down on 4 January 1965 by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; launched 4 April 1966; sponsored by Miss Edmonia Lee Whittle and Mrs. Nannie Page Trinker, granddaughters of Brigadier General Richard L....

, a Brooke class frigate

Frigate

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 in the United States Navy built in 1965, was named in his honor.

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