John McIntosh Kell scrapbook, 1860-1951.

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John McIntosh Kell scrapbook, 1860-1951.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38476236

The collection consists of a scrapbook kept by John McIntosh Kell and his wife Blanche Munroe Kell containing materials relating to the Confederate States of America and Kell's service on the Confederate Navy ships, the Alabama and the Sumter. Items include correspondence, printed material, newspaper clippings, engravings, photographs, Kell genealogy, and a list of casualties on the Alabama.

1 v.1 microfilm roll ; 35 mm.

Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403092

Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Kell, John McIntosh, 1823-1900

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John McIntosh Kell (1823-1900), son of John and Margery Spalding Baillie Kell of Darien, Georgia, married Julia Blanche Munroe of Macon, Georgia. During the Civil War, Kell served as an officer in the Confederate Navy. After the war, he served as Georgia's Adjutant-General from 1886 until his death in 1900. From the description of Letter to Blanche Munroe Kell, 1859 Sept. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476234 From the description of John McIntosh Kell letters, 1861. (U...

Kell family.

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Sumter (Ship)

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Confederate States of America. Navy

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Built in Philadelphia as the Habana, the CSS Sumter was originally used as a blockade runner in New Orleans. In 1861, she was purchased for use by the Confederate Government. Under the command of Raphael Semmes, she captured a number of Union flag merchant ships off the coasts of Cuba and South America, as well as other locations in the western hemisphere. When her boilers became unfit for use and repairs and supplies could not be obtained, she was sold at public auction at Gibraltar on December...

Alabama (Ship : 1846-1860)

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