| 词条 | John McIntosh Kell |
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|honorific_prefix = |name = John McIntosh Kell |honorific_suffix = |native_name = |native_name_lang = |image = John Mcintosh Kell.jpg |image_size = |alt = |birth_date =1823 |death_date ={{Death date|1900|10|5}} (age 76–77) |birth_place =Darien, Georgia |death_place =Griffin, Georgia |placeofburial = |placeofburial_label = |placeofburial_coordinates = |nickname = |birth_name = |allegiance = {{Nowrap|{{Flag|United States|name=United States of America|1861|size=23px}}}} {{Flag|Confederate States of America|name=Confederate States|size=23px}} |branch ={{Flag|United States Navy|1859|size=23px}} {{Navy|Confederate States of America|name=Confederate Navy|size=23px}} |serviceyears =1841–1861 (USN) 1861–1865 (CSN) |rank = Lieutenant Commander (USN) Commander (CSN) |servicenumber = |unit = |commands = {{ship|CSS|Savannah|gunboat|6}} {{ship|CSS|Richmond||6}} |battles = Opening of Japan Mexican–American War American Civil War
|battles_label = |awards = |spouse = |relations = |laterwork = |signature = |website = }} John McIntosh Kell (1823 – October 5, 1900) was an officer in the Confederate navy during the American Civil War, during which time Kell was First Lieutenant and Executive Officer of the commerce raider {{ship|CSS|Alabama||6}}. Early life and educationKell was the son of John and Margery Spalding Baillie Kell of Darien, Georgia he spent his childhood at Laurel Grove Plantation and with his great uncle Thomas Spalding, whose family owned a large part of Sapelo Island.[1] CareerKell was appointed midshipman at the age of 17 in the United States Navy on September 9, 1841. He would serve in the Mexican War, was a member of the expedition of Commodore Matthew Perry to Japan in 1853 and Master of the flagship {{USS|Mississippi|1841|6}} on the cruise home. When Georgia seceded from the Union in early 1861, Lieutenant Kell resigned from the United States Navy and was the first Naval officer to render his services to the Confederate States.[1] In April 1861, he commanded the Georgia state gunboat {{ship|CSS|Savannah|gunboat|6}}; but received a Confederate States Navy commission as First Lieutenant the following month and sent to New Orleans. He then served as executive officer of the {{ship|CSS|Sumter||6}} under the command of Captain Raphael Semmes during Sumter{{'}}s commerce raiding voyage during 1861–62.[1] First Lieutenant Kell was Semmes' Executive Officer on CSS Alabama throughout her career and was present when she was sunk by {{USS|Kearsarge|1861|6}} in June 1864. He was rescued by the British yacht Dearhound and taken to England. Promoted to the rank of Commander in that month, he commanded the ironclad {{ship|CSS|Richmond||6}} in the James River Squadron in 1865.[1] After the warAfter the end of the Civil War, Kell returned home to Georgia and became a farmer. Later years, he served as Adjutant General of Georgia. He wrote his memoir, Recollections of a Naval Life Including the Cruises of Confederate Steamers "Sumter" and "Alabama" near the end of his life, It was released in 1900.[2] John McIntosh Kell died on October 5, 1900 and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Griffin, Ga.[1] HonorsThe John McIntosh Kell Camp #107 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans located in Griffin, Georgia is named in his memory and honor on July 18, 1898 PapersThe Georgia Historical Society holds the papers of John McIntosh Kell and his wife, Julia Blanche Munroe Kell.
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References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-people/k/kell-john-mcintosh.html|title=Kell, John McIntosh|work=navy.mil|accessdate=22 September 2015}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web|last=Barrow|first=Cassie A.|url=http://www.gacivilwar.org/story/john-mcintosh-kell|title=John McIntosh Kell - Devoted to the Sea and the South|work=gacivilwar.org|accessdate=22 September 2015}} Sources
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