John H. Kelly
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 160 years ago |
Date of birth | March 31,1840 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Carrollton |
Alabama | |
United States | |
Date of died | September 4,1864 |
Died | Franklin |
Tennessee | |
United States | |
Other name | The Boy General of the Confederacy |
Battles and wars | American Civil War |
Battle of Shiloh | |
Commands held | 8th Arkansas Infantry Regiment |
Place of burial | Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama, United States |
Education | United States Military Academy |
Nicknam | The Boy General of the Confederacy |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1555233 |
John H. Kelly Life story
John Herbert Kelly was, at the time of his promotion, the youngest brigadier general in the Confederate States Army. He became one of the youngest generals to die during the American Civil War, at the age of 24.