1 June 1864
Mallory, Stephen R., 1813-1873
[Appointment of John Kell to commander of the Provisional Navy of the Confederate States]
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.
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