File:Lieutenant John Grimball (1840-1922) of C.S.S. Shenandoah, Confederate Navy (A).jpg
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editDescriptionLieutenant John Grimball (1840-1922) of C.S.S. Shenandoah, Confederate Navy (A).jpg |
English: John Grimball was born on April 18, 1840 in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. He is the fourth son of John Berkeley Grimball, a rice farmer from Charleston and Colleton District, and Margaret Ann Morris. A graduate of the US Naval Academy in 1858, he served in the US Navy from 1858 to 1860. John Grimball resigned from the US Navy a few days after his South Carolina left the Union. He integrated the Confederate Navy and joined the Palmetto State on December 29, 1860. He was present when the cadets fired at the Star of the West on January 9, 1861, preventing him from delivering supplies. to Major Robert Anderson at Fort Sumter. He became an officer with the rank of lieutenant on R.E. Lee (1863) and Shenandoah (1864-1865). This cruiser wreaked havoc on Union merchant ships until surrender on November 6, 1865 - seven months after General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army from Northern Virginia to Appomattox Court House. The Shenandoah is credited with firing the last cannon of the Civil War. After the war, he was a lawyer and a judge in Charleston. He married in first marriage in 1876 with Catherine Katie Moore, then in second marriage in 1885 with Mary Georgianna Barnwell. he died on December 25, 1922 in Charleston.
Français : John Grimball est né le 18 avril 1840 à Charleston, Comté de Charleston, Caroline du sud, États-Unis. Il est le quatrième fils de John Berkeley Grimball, planteur de riz de Charleston et du district de Colleton, et de Margaret Ann Morris. Diplômé de l'US Naval Academy en 1858, il sert dans la US Navy de 1858 à 1860. John Grimball démissionne de la marine américaine quelques jours après que sa Caroline du Sud a quitté l'Union. Il intègre la marine confédérée et rejoint celle de l'État de Palmetto, le 29 décembre 1860. Il est présent lorsque les cadets ont tiré sur l'Étoile de l'Ouest le 9 janvier 1861, l'empêchant de livrer des fournitures au major Robert Anderson à Fort Sumter. Il devient officier avec le grade de lieutenant sur le R.E. Lee (1863) et sur le Shenandoah (1864-1865). Ce croiseur fait des ravages sur les navires marchands de l'Union jusqu'à sa réédition le 6 novembre 1865 - sept mois après que le général Robert E. Lee ait rendu son armée de Virginie du Nord à Appomattox Court House. Le Shenandoah est crédité d'avoir tiré le dernier coup de canon de la guerre civile. Après la guerre, il est avocat puis juge à Charleston. Il se marie en premières noces en 1876 avec Catherine Katie Moore, puis en secondes noces en 1885 avec Mary Georgianna Barnwell. il meurt le 25 décembre 1922 à Charleston. |
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Georges Penabert (Paris) photographe |
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