| 词条 | Donald McNeill Fairfax |
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| name = Donald MacNeill Fairfax | image = Donald M. Fairfax.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1822|8|10}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1894|1|10|1818|3|10}} | placeofburial_label = Place of burial | placeofburial = | birth_place = Mount Eagle, Fairfax County, Virginia | death_place = Hagerstown, Maryland | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = |allegiance={{flagu|United States|1865}} |branch={{Naval|United States|navy-1864}} | serviceyears = 1837–1881 | rank = Rear admiral | unit = | commands = {{USS|Cayuga|1861|2}} {{USS|Nantucket|1862|2}} {{USS|Montauk|1862|2}} | battles = American Civil War | awards = | relations = | laterwork = }} Donald MacNeil Fairfax (March 10, 1818 – January 10, 1894) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Early life and familyThe son of George William Fairfax, and Isabella McNeill, grandson of Ferdinando Fairfax, and great-grandson of Bryan Fairfax,[1] he was born at the family seat of Mount Eagle, Virginia. Fairfax entered the Navy as a midshipman on August 12, 1837. He was the only member of the family who took the Union side in the American Civil War. The Trent AffairAs executive officer in {{USS|San Jacinto|1850|2}}, he was a participant in the 1861 "Trent Affair," a diplomatic controversy involving the U.S. Navy's removal of Confederate commissioners from the British mail-steamer, {{RMS|Trent}}. On November 8, 1861, Fairfax boarded Trent to remove Confederate commissioners James M. Mason and John Slidell, after the ship had been stopped by his captain, Charles Wilkes. Wilkes had given Fairfax the following written instructions: {{quote|On boarding her you will demand the papers of the steamer, her clearance from Havana, with the list of passengers and crew.Should Mr. Mason, Mr. Slidell, Mr. Eustice [sic] and Mr. McFarland be on board make them prisoners and send them on board this ship and take possession of her [the Trent] as a prize. … They must be brought on board. All trunks, cases, packages and bags belonging to them you will take possession of and send on board this ship; any dispatches found on the persons of the prisoners, or in possession of those on board the steamer, will be taken possession of, examined, and retained if necessary[2]}} Fairfax demanded the passenger list, but Mason and Slidell identified themselves. He escorted Mason by the collar, to the cutter, and with two officers took hold of Slidell from the main cabin. He failed to claim Trent as a prize, citing the loss of manpower of a prize crew (avoiding a worse incident).[3] Civil War ServiceFairfax's distinguished service in the Civil War included command of the {{USS|Cayuga|1861|2}}, {{USS|Nantucket|1862|2}} and {{USS|Montauk|1862|2}}. Fairfax was later promoted to flag rank, retiring as a Rear Admiral on September 30, 1881. He retired to Hagerstown, Maryland where he served on the vestry of Saint John's Church. Admiral Fairfax died in 1894. Namesake{{Portal|Biography|American Civil War|United States Navy}}In 1917 the {{sclass-|Wickes|destroyer}} {{USS|Fairfax|DD-93}} was named in his honor.References1. ^{{cite book|last= du Bellet|first= Louise Pecquet |authorlink= |coauthors=|year= 1907|month=|day= |title= Some Prominent Virginia Families|journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |isbn= |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=tyQSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA176&lpg=PA176&dq=bryan+fairfax&ct=result#PPA178,M1|accessdate= }} 2. ^{{cite book| author=D. Macneil Fairfax| chapter=Captain Wilkes’s Seizure of Mason and Slidell |title=Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: North to Antietam| editor=Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buel| year=1885| pages=136–137}} 3. ^{{Cite book| title=Lincoln and His Admirals| pages=76–77| author=Craig L. Symonds| publisher=Oxford University Press| year=2008| isbn=978-0-19-531022-1}}
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