In 1865, Marmaduke commanded Confederate batteries on the James River in Virginia and commanded a company in the Navy Brigade after the fall of Richmond. He was wounded and captured at the Battle of Saylor's Creek. The end of the war found him as a prisoner on Johnson's Island in Lake Erie. Two of his brothers were killed in action fighting for the Confederacy.
He spent most of his life after the Civil War in Washington, D.C., part of that time as Superintendent of the Consular Bureau in South American Republics. In 1902, the government asked Marmaduke to take command of the warship Bogote and chase rebel ships. He was very successful and received the thanks of that government.
--Old B-Runner
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