aged 80 yrs
Major John S. Duffie was born August 1, 1836, in Chester district, S.C. He prepared for the practice of law under Chancellor Johnson and Judge John Belton O'Neal, at Newberry, S.C., and in January, 1861, opened an office at Greenwood, Ark. The issue between union and secession was already acute, and almost his first experience in his new home was the receipt of a threat signed "Vigilance Committee," ordering him to leave the town on pain of being hung, because he wore a blue rosette given him by the wife of Capt. J. W. Head, the rosette being considered an emblem of secession. The undaunted way in which he met this threat made him many friends, and after the State seceded he was elected a lieutenant of the first company organized in that part of the State. This company, formed under the call of the governor for State troops, was officered by Captain Blakemore and Lieuts. James Brown and John S. Duffie, marched to Fayetteville in June, and was then ordered home because the governor's call had been filled. Early in the summer of 1862 he enlisted in the company of Capt. John M. Inge, which was assigned to the battalion of Lieut.-Col. John T. Louden, John King, major. With this command he took part in the battle of Elkhorn Tavern, after which the battalion was disbanded, the organization having been made for emergency service. During the following winter Mr. Duffie was disabled by pneumonia contracted during the retreat from Pea Ridge. In the early spring of 1863, after the conscripting officer for his district had been wounded and captured by the enemy. Lieutenant Duffie undertook the duty, and succeeded in filling a company of volunteers, which he joined as a private. This was assigned to the regiment known as the Sixth Arkansas, organized near Fort Smith; General Hindman, in disregard of the wishes of the men, appointed Maj. Frank Rector, colonel; George, of Missouri, lieutenant-colonel, and John King, major. On account of the dissatisfaction of the men, King soon became the colonel, and ably commanded the regiment during its service, which was wholly in the Trans-Mississippi department. Another Sixth regiment served in the army of Tennessee,, Mr. Duffie was detached as hospital steward soon after the organization and put on duty at Fayetteville, and in the fall of 1863, he became assistant surgeon of the regiment organized at that place, of which Samuel W. Peel was elected colonel. General Hindman similarly interfered in regard to the officers of this regiment, with bad results as regarded the efficiency of the command. At the battle of Prairie Grove Surgeon Duffie left in charge of about 250 sick in camp at Vanburen, and for his efficient care of them was promoted to surgeon of the Twenty-seventh infantry. He was in the precipitate retreat ordered by General Hindman soon afterward and continued on duty as surgeon until disability from rheumatism cause him to be assigned to duty in the quartermaster department at Little Rock. He was at that city at the time of its abandonment, a military movement that the troops considered unnecessary. So thinking, hundred if not thousands of them left their commands, and confined their further service to the protection of their homes. Mr. Duffie was stationed at Washington, Ark., for a time, and then a t Fulton, where he received and distributed the cattle and commissary stores sent in from Texas. After the surrender he resumed the practice of law, in partnership with his brother, Capt. Samuel F. Duffie, at Little Rock, and remained there until June, 1880. While yet in Arkansas he took a prominent part in the political struggle known as the Brooks-Baxter war, as chairman of a committee which included Col. W. A. Crawford, Col. L.C. Gause, Hon. B.F. Rice, Hon. E.A. Fulton, Gen. James F. Fagan and Col. S.W. Williams, organized for the purpose of seating Brooks, also as a member of the central committee appointed at Little Rock, after the inauguration of Baxter, to bring about his deposition and the installation of Brooks. While the military organization of supporters of brooks was in possession of the State house, he held the rank of post adjutant, and when General Fagan took command he was appointed quartermaster with the rank of colonel. Since 1880 Major Duffie has been engaged in the practice of law at Washington, D.C., making his home, since 1893, at Herndon, Va.
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District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961
Name: John S. Duffie
Sex: Male
Age: 80
Death Date: 01 Aug 1917
Death Place: District of Columbia
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Lawyer
Birth Year (Estimated): 1837
Birthplace: South Carolina
Burial Date: 03 Aug 1917
Cemetery: Glenwood Cemetery
Father's Birthplace: Unknown
Mother's Birthplace: Unknown
Record Number: 87
Major John S. Duffie was born August 1, 1836, in Chester district, S.C. He prepared for the practice of law under Chancellor Johnson and Judge John Belton O'Neal, at Newberry, S.C., and in January, 1861, opened an office at Greenwood, Ark. The issue between union and secession was already acute, and almost his first experience in his new home was the receipt of a threat signed "Vigilance Committee," ordering him to leave the town on pain of being hung, because he wore a blue rosette given him by the wife of Capt. J. W. Head, the rosette being considered an emblem of secession. The undaunted way in which he met this threat made him many friends, and after the State seceded he was elected a lieutenant of the first company organized in that part of the State. This company, formed under the call of the governor for State troops, was officered by Captain Blakemore and Lieuts. James Brown and John S. Duffie, marched to Fayetteville in June, and was then ordered home because the governor's call had been filled. Early in the summer of 1862 he enlisted in the company of Capt. John M. Inge, which was assigned to the battalion of Lieut.-Col. John T. Louden, John King, major. With this command he took part in the battle of Elkhorn Tavern, after which the battalion was disbanded, the organization having been made for emergency service. During the following winter Mr. Duffie was disabled by pneumonia contracted during the retreat from Pea Ridge. In the early spring of 1863, after the conscripting officer for his district had been wounded and captured by the enemy. Lieutenant Duffie undertook the duty, and succeeded in filling a company of volunteers, which he joined as a private. This was assigned to the regiment known as the Sixth Arkansas, organized near Fort Smith; General Hindman, in disregard of the wishes of the men, appointed Maj. Frank Rector, colonel; George, of Missouri, lieutenant-colonel, and John King, major. On account of the dissatisfaction of the men, King soon became the colonel, and ably commanded the regiment during its service, which was wholly in the Trans-Mississippi department. Another Sixth regiment served in the army of Tennessee,, Mr. Duffie was detached as hospital steward soon after the organization and put on duty at Fayetteville, and in the fall of 1863, he became assistant surgeon of the regiment organized at that place, of which Samuel W. Peel was elected colonel. General Hindman similarly interfered in regard to the officers of this regiment, with bad results as regarded the efficiency of the command. At the battle of Prairie Grove Surgeon Duffie left in charge of about 250 sick in camp at Vanburen, and for his efficient care of them was promoted to surgeon of the Twenty-seventh infantry. He was in the precipitate retreat ordered by General Hindman soon afterward and continued on duty as surgeon until disability from rheumatism cause him to be assigned to duty in the quartermaster department at Little Rock. He was at that city at the time of its abandonment, a military movement that the troops considered unnecessary. So thinking, hundred if not thousands of them left their commands, and confined their further service to the protection of their homes. Mr. Duffie was stationed at Washington, Ark., for a time, and then a t Fulton, where he received and distributed the cattle and commissary stores sent in from Texas. After the surrender he resumed the practice of law, in partnership with his brother, Capt. Samuel F. Duffie, at Little Rock, and remained there until June, 1880. While yet in Arkansas he took a prominent part in the political struggle known as the Brooks-Baxter war, as chairman of a committee which included Col. W. A. Crawford, Col. L.C. Gause, Hon. B.F. Rice, Hon. E.A. Fulton, Gen. James F. Fagan and Col. S.W. Williams, organized for the purpose of seating Brooks, also as a member of the central committee appointed at Little Rock, after the inauguration of Baxter, to bring about his deposition and the installation of Brooks. While the military organization of supporters of brooks was in possession of the State house, he held the rank of post adjutant, and when General Fagan took command he was appointed quartermaster with the rank of colonel. Since 1880 Major Duffie has been engaged in the practice of law at Washington, D.C., making his home, since 1893, at Herndon, Va.
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District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961
Name: John S. Duffie
Sex: Male
Age: 80
Death Date: 01 Aug 1917
Death Place: District of Columbia
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Lawyer
Birth Year (Estimated): 1837
Birthplace: South Carolina
Burial Date: 03 Aug 1917
Cemetery: Glenwood Cemetery
Father's Birthplace: Unknown
Mother's Birthplace: Unknown
Record Number: 87
aged 80 yrs
Major John S. Duffie was born August 1, 1836, in Chester district, S.C. He prepared for the practice of law under Chancellor Johnson and Judge John Belton O'Neal, at Newberry, S.C., and in January, 1861, opened an office at Greenwood, Ark. The issue between union and secession was already acute, and almost his first experience in his new home was the receipt of a threat signed "Vigilance Committee," ordering him to leave the town on pain of being hung, because he wore a blue rosette given him by the wife of Capt. J. W. Head, the rosette being considered an emblem of secession. The undaunted way in which he met this threat made him many friends, and after the State seceded he was elected a lieutenant of the first company organized in that part of the State. This company, formed under the call of the governor for State troops, was officered by Captain Blakemore and Lieuts. James Brown and John S. Duffie, marched to Fayetteville in June, and was then ordered home because the governor's call had been filled. Early in the summer of 1862 he enlisted in the company of Capt. John M. Inge, which was assigned to the battalion of Lieut.-Col. John T. Louden, John King, major. With this command he took part in the battle of Elkhorn Tavern, after which the battalion was disbanded, the organization having been made for emergency service. During the following winter Mr. Duffie was disabled by pneumonia contracted during the retreat from Pea Ridge. In the early spring of 1863, after the conscripting officer for his district had been wounded and captured by the enemy. Lieutenant Duffie undertook the duty, and succeeded in filling a company of volunteers, which he joined as a private. This was assigned to the regiment known as the Sixth Arkansas, organized near Fort Smith; General Hindman, in disregard of the wishes of the men, appointed Maj. Frank Rector, colonel; George, of Missouri, lieutenant-colonel, and John King, major. On account of the dissatisfaction of the men, King soon became the colonel, and ably commanded the regiment during its service, which was wholly in the Trans-Mississippi department. Another Sixth regiment served in the army of Tennessee,, Mr. Duffie was detached as hospital steward soon after the organization and put on duty at Fayetteville, and in the fall of 1863, he became assistant surgeon of the regiment organized at that place, of which Samuel W. Peel was elected colonel. General Hindman similarly interfered in regard to the officers of this regiment, with bad results as regarded the efficiency of the command. At the battle of Prairie Grove Surgeon Duffie left in charge of about 250 sick in camp at Vanburen, and for his efficient care of them was promoted to surgeon of the Twenty-seventh infantry. He was in the precipitate retreat ordered by General Hindman soon afterward and continued on duty as surgeon until disability from rheumatism cause him to be assigned to duty in the quartermaster department at Little Rock. He was at that city at the time of its abandonment, a military movement that the troops considered unnecessary. So thinking, hundred if not thousands of them left their commands, and confined their further service to the protection of their homes. Mr. Duffie was stationed at Washington, Ark., for a time, and then a t Fulton, where he received and distributed the cattle and commissary stores sent in from Texas. After the surrender he resumed the practice of law, in partnership with his brother, Capt. Samuel F. Duffie, at Little Rock, and remained there until June, 1880. While yet in Arkansas he took a prominent part in the political struggle known as the Brooks-Baxter war, as chairman of a committee which included Col. W. A. Crawford, Col. L.C. Gause, Hon. B.F. Rice, Hon. E.A. Fulton, Gen. James F. Fagan and Col. S.W. Williams, organized for the purpose of seating Brooks, also as a member of the central committee appointed at Little Rock, after the inauguration of Baxter, to bring about his deposition and the installation of Brooks. While the military organization of supporters of brooks was in possession of the State house, he held the rank of post adjutant, and when General Fagan took command he was appointed quartermaster with the rank of colonel. Since 1880 Major Duffie has been engaged in the practice of law at Washington, D.C., making his home, since 1893, at Herndon, Va.
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District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961
Name: John S. Duffie
Sex: Male
Age: 80
Death Date: 01 Aug 1917
Death Place: District of Columbia
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Lawyer
Birth Year (Estimated): 1837
Birthplace: South Carolina
Burial Date: 03 Aug 1917
Cemetery: Glenwood Cemetery
Father's Birthplace: Unknown
Mother's Birthplace: Unknown
Record Number: 87
Major John S. Duffie was born August 1, 1836, in Chester district, S.C. He prepared for the practice of law under Chancellor Johnson and Judge John Belton O'Neal, at Newberry, S.C., and in January, 1861, opened an office at Greenwood, Ark. The issue between union and secession was already acute, and almost his first experience in his new home was the receipt of a threat signed "Vigilance Committee," ordering him to leave the town on pain of being hung, because he wore a blue rosette given him by the wife of Capt. J. W. Head, the rosette being considered an emblem of secession. The undaunted way in which he met this threat made him many friends, and after the State seceded he was elected a lieutenant of the first company organized in that part of the State. This company, formed under the call of the governor for State troops, was officered by Captain Blakemore and Lieuts. James Brown and John S. Duffie, marched to Fayetteville in June, and was then ordered home because the governor's call had been filled. Early in the summer of 1862 he enlisted in the company of Capt. John M. Inge, which was assigned to the battalion of Lieut.-Col. John T. Louden, John King, major. With this command he took part in the battle of Elkhorn Tavern, after which the battalion was disbanded, the organization having been made for emergency service. During the following winter Mr. Duffie was disabled by pneumonia contracted during the retreat from Pea Ridge. In the early spring of 1863, after the conscripting officer for his district had been wounded and captured by the enemy. Lieutenant Duffie undertook the duty, and succeeded in filling a company of volunteers, which he joined as a private. This was assigned to the regiment known as the Sixth Arkansas, organized near Fort Smith; General Hindman, in disregard of the wishes of the men, appointed Maj. Frank Rector, colonel; George, of Missouri, lieutenant-colonel, and John King, major. On account of the dissatisfaction of the men, King soon became the colonel, and ably commanded the regiment during its service, which was wholly in the Trans-Mississippi department. Another Sixth regiment served in the army of Tennessee,, Mr. Duffie was detached as hospital steward soon after the organization and put on duty at Fayetteville, and in the fall of 1863, he became assistant surgeon of the regiment organized at that place, of which Samuel W. Peel was elected colonel. General Hindman similarly interfered in regard to the officers of this regiment, with bad results as regarded the efficiency of the command. At the battle of Prairie Grove Surgeon Duffie left in charge of about 250 sick in camp at Vanburen, and for his efficient care of them was promoted to surgeon of the Twenty-seventh infantry. He was in the precipitate retreat ordered by General Hindman soon afterward and continued on duty as surgeon until disability from rheumatism cause him to be assigned to duty in the quartermaster department at Little Rock. He was at that city at the time of its abandonment, a military movement that the troops considered unnecessary. So thinking, hundred if not thousands of them left their commands, and confined their further service to the protection of their homes. Mr. Duffie was stationed at Washington, Ark., for a time, and then a t Fulton, where he received and distributed the cattle and commissary stores sent in from Texas. After the surrender he resumed the practice of law, in partnership with his brother, Capt. Samuel F. Duffie, at Little Rock, and remained there until June, 1880. While yet in Arkansas he took a prominent part in the political struggle known as the Brooks-Baxter war, as chairman of a committee which included Col. W. A. Crawford, Col. L.C. Gause, Hon. B.F. Rice, Hon. E.A. Fulton, Gen. James F. Fagan and Col. S.W. Williams, organized for the purpose of seating Brooks, also as a member of the central committee appointed at Little Rock, after the inauguration of Baxter, to bring about his deposition and the installation of Brooks. While the military organization of supporters of brooks was in possession of the State house, he held the rank of post adjutant, and when General Fagan took command he was appointed quartermaster with the rank of colonel. Since 1880 Major Duffie has been engaged in the practice of law at Washington, D.C., making his home, since 1893, at Herndon, Va.
Broadfoot's 'Confederate Military History, Vol. XIV'
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District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961
Name: John S. Duffie
Sex: Male
Age: 80
Death Date: 01 Aug 1917
Death Place: District of Columbia
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Lawyer
Birth Year (Estimated): 1837
Birthplace: South Carolina
Burial Date: 03 Aug 1917
Cemetery: Glenwood Cemetery
Father's Birthplace: Unknown
Mother's Birthplace: Unknown
Record Number: 87
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