. Biographical sketches of distingushed officers of the army and navy . LIEUTENANT-COLONEL LEVI BIRD STATES VOLUNTEERS. 199 Lieutenant-Colonel LEVI BIRD DUFF. United States Volunteers. Was born near Saulsburg, Huntingdon County,Pennsylvania, i3tli September, 1837, ^f Penns3^1vaniaparents. His father, Samuel Duff, was born atPerkiomen Bridge, Montgomer^^ Count}^, and hismother, Catherine Eckeberger, in Huntingdon. He was educated at Eldersridge i\cademy andAllegheny College, graduating from the latter inJune, 1857. He studied law in Pittsburg and wasadmitted to the bar in April, i86

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. Biographical sketches of distingushed officers of the army and navy . LIEUTENANT-COLONEL LEVI BIRD STATES VOLUNTEERS. 199 Lieutenant-Colonel LEVI BIRD DUFF. United States Volunteers. Was born near Saulsburg, Huntingdon County,Pennsylvania, i3tli September, 1837, ^f Penns3^1vaniaparents. His father, Samuel Duff, was born atPerkiomen Bridge, Montgomer^^ Count}^, and hismother, Catherine Eckeberger, in Huntingdon. He was educated at Eldersridge i\cademy andAllegheny College, graduating from the latter inJune, 1857. He studied law in Pittsburg and wasadmitted to the bar in April, i860. May i, 1861, heenlisted in Company A, Ninth Regiment, Pennsyl-vania Reserve Corps, and was mustered into theUnited States service at Washington, Juty 26, 1861,as Corporal. The regiment was engaged at Dranes-ville, December 20, 1861, and the Commanding Gen-eral Ord recommended a number of officers andprivates for reward for gallant conduct in theengagement, among whom was Corporal Duff. Februar^^ 6, 1862, Mr. Duff was appointed Cap-tain of Compan}^ D, One Hundred a

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