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William Munford Tuck, Co. K, 3rd Virginia Infantry

The same book quoted in a previous post on Halifax County, Virginia entitled "Yesterday - Gone Forever, A Collection of Articles" by Faye Royster Tuck, 2003, contains a photograph of William Munford Tuck (p. 179) and mentions that he was captured at Gettysburg, arrived on 9 July (1863) at Fort McHenry, and one or two days later was transferred to Fort Delaware. He was soon sent on to Johnson's Island, Ohio, arriving there on 20 July. Tuck was born on 23 October 1832 and died on 17 October 1899 at Buckshoal farm in Halifax county. Separately, the book, Nothing But Glory, lists Tuck as a Second Lieutenant in Second Company K ("Halifax Rifles" or "High Hill Rifles"), 3rd Virginia Infantry, who was captured at Gettysburg on 3 July. Tuck is interesting because his son became a politician, as well as his grandson, also named William Munford Tuck, who became a Governor of Virginia. The museum in South Boston, Virginia has a display room with memorabilia of the governor.

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