Background
KELLY, John Herbert was born in March 1838 in Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama, United States, United States. Son of Isham Harrison and Elizabeth (Herbert) Kelly.
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John Herbert KELLY
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Private school, United States Military Academy.
Career
Orphaned at the age of seven, he was reared by his grandmother, Harriet Herbert Hawthorne. He was a bachelor. He was educated in the common schools in Pickens County and entered West Point in 1857. He resigned from the academy in late 1860 in order to enter service in the Confederate Army.
Kelly had a brilliant military career. He accompanied General William Hardee to Missouri, fought as a colonel at the battles of Shiloh and Perryville, and was wounded at the battle of Murfreesboro in late 1862. He was a brigade commander at the battle of Chickamauga and was promoted to brigadier general on November 16, 1863.
He commanded a cavalry division throughout the Atlanta campaign. Sent to Tennessee with Wheeler’s Cavalry after Atlanta, he was conspicuous in the attempt to halt the federal invasion.
Religion
"Peculiar institution" of slavery was not only expedient but also ordained by God and upheld in Holy Scripture.
Politics
Stands for preserving slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites. Every individual state is sovereign, even to the point of secession.
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August 20, 1864 (aged 26) -
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United States