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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC00684.11 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of John McIntosh Kell, Commander in the Confederate Navy |
Title | Appointment of John Kell to commander of the Provisional Navy of the Confederate States |
Date | 1 June 1864 |
Author | Mallory, Stephen Russell (1813-1873) |
Document Type | Military document |
Content Description | Kell promoted for service "as first Lieutenant and Executive Officer on the C.S. Steam Sloops Sumter and Alabama, under the command of Captain Raphael Semmes." Commission effective from 4 October 1863. Signed by Mallory as Secretary of Navy. |
Subjects | Military History Civil War Navy Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America |
People | Mallory, Stephen Russell (1813-1873) Kell, John McIntosh (1823-1900) |
Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime |
Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
Additional Information | Folder Information: Kell was a member of the United States Navy from 1843 until 19 January, 1861, the day of Georgia's secession from the United States. He served in the Confederate Navy for the duration of the Civil War, commanded the C.S.S. Savannah, and was made a captain for his work as First Lieutenant under Captain Raphael Semmes on the C.S.S. Alabama. In 1886, he became the Adjutant General of Georgia. In 1900, the year of his death, he published a book, "Recollections of a Naval Life; Including the Cruises of the Confederate Steamers Sumter and Alabama." |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |