Internet research shows Capt. Duvall was an officer in the US Navy before the Civil War then became among the first officers commissioned to serve in the Confederate States Navy where he commanded an 85 ton iron propeller vessel called the Beaufort. Duvall died in Raleigh, NC of disease.
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The CSS Beaufort was an iron hull gunboat that served in North Carolina and Virginia during the Civil War.
The Beaufort was originally called the Caledonia. She was built at the Pusey & Jones Company of Wilmington, Delaware in 1854. The Caledonia originally operated out of Edenton, North Carolina. In 1856 her home port changed from Edenton to Plymouth. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, the Caledonia, now renamed Beaufort, was put in commission at Norfolk, Virginia on July 9, 1861 by Lieutenant Robert C. Duvall, North Carolina Navy, and sailed immediately for New Bern, North Carolina. While en route she engaged the large steamer USS Albatross in an inconclusive battle off Oregon Inlet.
More about his ship from Wikipedia
The CSS Beaufort was an iron hull gunboat that served in North Carolina and Virginia during the Civil War.
The Beaufort was originally called the Caledonia. She was built at the Pusey & Jones Company of Wilmington, Delaware in 1854. The Caledonia originally operated out of Edenton, North Carolina. In 1856 her home port changed from Edenton to Plymouth. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, the Caledonia, now renamed Beaufort, was put in commission at Norfolk, Virginia on July 9, 1861 by Lieutenant Robert C. Duvall, North Carolina Navy, and sailed immediately for New Bern, North Carolina. While en route she engaged the large steamer USS Albatross in an inconclusive battle off Oregon Inlet.
Internet research shows Capt. Duvall was an officer in the US Navy before the Civil War then became among the first officers commissioned to serve in the Confederate States Navy where he commanded an 85 ton iron propeller vessel called the Beaufort. Duvall died in Raleigh, NC of disease.
More about his ship from Wikipedia
The CSS Beaufort was an iron hull gunboat that served in North Carolina and Virginia during the Civil War.
The Beaufort was originally called the Caledonia. She was built at the Pusey & Jones Company of Wilmington, Delaware in 1854. The Caledonia originally operated out of Edenton, North Carolina. In 1856 her home port changed from Edenton to Plymouth. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, the Caledonia, now renamed Beaufort, was put in commission at Norfolk, Virginia on July 9, 1861 by Lieutenant Robert C. Duvall, North Carolina Navy, and sailed immediately for New Bern, North Carolina. While en route she engaged the large steamer USS Albatross in an inconclusive battle off Oregon Inlet.
More about his ship from Wikipedia
The CSS Beaufort was an iron hull gunboat that served in North Carolina and Virginia during the Civil War.
The Beaufort was originally called the Caledonia. She was built at the Pusey & Jones Company of Wilmington, Delaware in 1854. The Caledonia originally operated out of Edenton, North Carolina. In 1856 her home port changed from Edenton to Plymouth. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, the Caledonia, now renamed Beaufort, was put in commission at Norfolk, Virginia on July 9, 1861 by Lieutenant Robert C. Duvall, North Carolina Navy, and sailed immediately for New Bern, North Carolina. While en route she engaged the large steamer USS Albatross in an inconclusive battle off Oregon Inlet.
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Mason symbol at the top of headstone. Formaly a Lieu in the US Navy but died in the service of North Carolina during the war. A brave and chivelrous officer.
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