Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917 about Hugh N Page
Name: Hugh N Page
Death Date: 2 Jun 1871
Death Place: Portsmouth, Virginia
Gender: Male
Father Name: Jno. Page
Mother Name: Elizabth
FHL Film Number: 33368

Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900 about Hugh N Page
Name: Hugh N Page
Rank Information: Midshipman, Lieutenant, Commander, Captain, Reserved List, Resigned
Service Dates: 1 Sep 1811, 1 Apr 1818, 28 Feb 1838, 29 May 1850, 13 Sep 1855
Military Branch: US Navy Officers (1798-1900)

U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles about Hugh N Page
Name: Hugh N Page
Rank at enlistment: Captain
State Served: CN
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Commissioned an officer in .
Mustered out on 19 Apr 1861.
Commissioned an officer in .
Commissioned an officer in the Confederate States Navy.


PAGE, Hugh Nelson, was born in Norfolk in 1787, son of John Page of Caroline County and Elizabeth Burwell and died in Princess Anne County on 03 Jun 1871. He entered the United States Navy as Midshipman on 01 Sep 1811 and was assigned to duty on board the schooner Tigress. In June, 1812, he was ordered to the gunboat squadron, stationed at Norfolk for the protection of the harbor. On 13 Aug 1812, he was ordered to Commodore Chauncey's squadron, on Lake Ontario; but left this, and joined Commodore Perry, on Lake Erie--volunteers for this service having been called for. He took an active part in the Battle of Lake Erie on the schooner Somers. The sea battle began at 12 midnight and finished at 3 P.M. that same day. In this action he behaved with great gallantry, and was wounded in the hand. He was placed in charge of the prisoners, and had the honor of bearing to General Harrison, who was then stationed at the mouth of Sandusky River, the immortal dispatch from Commodore Perry. In the spring of 1814, he went, under Commodore Sinclair, to Detroit, to convey Major Crogan's force to retake Mackinaw. Crogan was defeated, and his force was taken on board again. After destroying an English fort on Saginaw River, and burning a large schooner loaded with provisions, he proceeded to Erie to winter there. For his brilliant services on this occasion, he was voted a sword by the United States Congress, and one also by the State of Virginia. After the War he continued in the US Navy obtaining the rank of Captain before retiring in 1855. He married, in November 1838, Imogen, daughter of Guy Wheeler Esq., of Nansemond County. She died in 1847, without issue. He married, second, 13 Jul 1848, Elizabeth P. Wilson, daughter of Holt Wilson, Esq., of Portsmouth.