Company C
2^nd  Maryland  C.S.A.

Ferdinand Duvall is listed in the 1860 census as a resident of Millersville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, occupation, farmer.  He was born in Maryland and lived with his parents, a brother and farmhand.  

He enlisted in Company C, 1^st Maryland Battalion, as a Private on August 20, 1862, in Richmond, Virginia.  He was promoted to 1^st Lt. of his Company on September 11, 1862, when Capt. Herbert was promoted to Major of the Battalion.     

He was wounded in the right knee during the second Battle of Winchester on June 14, 1863, and admitted to the Richmond General Hospital on July 22, 1963.  His wounds kept him out of the Gettysburg Campaign and was granted a furlough for 2 1/2 months to Georgia to convalesce.  He rejoined the now formed 2^nd Maryland Infantry while they were in camp with the Maryland Line at Camp St. Marys at Hanover Junction.  He served with this Company through the spring and summer, participating in the battle at Cold Harbor. 

He led the Battalion on September 30, 1864, at the Battle of Peebles (Peagrams) Farm, where he was wounded once again.  He was granted another furlough to Georgia for three months.  He returned to the Battalion in early 1865 and was present during the defense of Petersburg. 

He and 35 others in the Battalion were captured and taken prisoner during a defensive move at Hatchers Run on April 2, 1865.  He spent two months in Yankee P.O.W. camps and was paroled on June 18, 1865, and returned home to his family. 

Duvall applied for a Presidential Pardon on September 4, 1865, and on September 20, 1865, was granted a pardon from President Andrew Johnson, for his participation in the rebellion against the. U.S.

In the end, Ferdinand lost his family's land and died several months later at the age of 43.  He is buried in a family cemetery plot on what is now Harrow Avenue in Crofton, MD. 

Ferdinand's son, Robert E. Lee Duvall, reclaimed the family burial plot in 1900, and the descendants of Ferdinand Duvall have managed to retain ownership of these 700 square feet or so of property  in the middle of this Crofton neighborhood.  The site was listed in the mid 1980s in the National Register of Historic Places. 

Barton Duvall, Ferdinand's father, and a descendant of Mareen Duvall, purchased several plantations in what is now known as Crofton.  Mareen Duvall's home, Middle Plantation, still stands on Davidsonville Road near the ramps for Route 50.  Mareen was a French aristocrat who was granted a charter by Lord Baltimore in 1659 to establish a large plantation near the head of the South River.  Mareen Duvall's home is listed in the National Register.  He is also buried in the Duvall family plot in Crofton, MD.