Kearny, Stephen W

(1794-1848), served throughout the War of | 1812. He was promoted brigader-general in 1846, with command in the | West. During the Mexican War he established a provisional govern- | ment in Santa Fé and fought the battle of San Pasqual, after which he | was made major-general. In 1847 he was Governor of California. He | wrote a ‘‘ Manual of the Exercise and Maneuvering of U. S. Dragoons.” ‘“‘Kearsarge,” the U. S. man-of-war which destroyed and sunk the Confederate cruiser ‘‘ Alabama,” off Cherbourg harbor, in France, June 19, 1864. In 1894 it was wrecked on Ricondor reef in the Caribbean Sea. “Kearsarge” and ‘“ Alabama,’’ a famous naval battle of the Civil War occurring June ‘19, 1864, just off the harbor of Cherbourg, - _ France. The Confederate war-ship ‘ Alabama ’’ was at that time engaged in destroying Union ve els in European waters. She was com-, manded by Semmes; had eight guns and sixty men. Winslow com-: manded the ‘‘ Kearsarge,”’ the National ship having been dispatched in search of the ‘‘Alabama.’? The ‘“ Kearsarge’’ had seven guns and sixty-two men. The “‘ Kearsarge’”’ lay waiting for the Confederate ship | outside the harbor. The battle took place some seven miles out at sea. | The “‘ Alabama ” began the firing without much effect upon her oppo- | nent. When the ‘‘ Kearsarge’’ opened fire, her superiority in point of | management and gunnery was at once evinced. One of her shells cut | off the Alabama’s mizzenmast and another exploded, killing half her | crew. She was speedily disabled and sunk. Semmes escaped. | Kelley, Benjamin F. (1807-1891), during the Civil War fought at | Philippi, Romney and BlueGap. In 1863 he commanded the Department of West Virginia. He was brevetted major-general in 1864 for services at Cumber land, New Creek and More field..