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Photo # NH 47991:  Lieutenant Commander Alexander Slidell MacKenzie, USN.  Photographed circa 1865

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Lieutenant Commander Alexander Slidell MacKenzie, USN (1842-1867)

Alexander Slidell MacKenzie was born in New York on 24 January 1842, the son of a Navy Commander of the same name. Appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1855, he graduated in June 1859 and was assigned to the newly-completed steam sloop of war Hartford. During the next two years, Midshipman MacKenzie served in that ship with the East India Squadron. Promoted to Lieutenant in August 1861, he was an officer of the gunboat Kineo during the conquest of the lower Mississippi River in 1862. Later transferred to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, MacKenzie served off Charleston, South Carolina, in the steam frigate Wabash and monitor Patapsco, taking part in combat operations against Fort Sumter and Morris Island. Later in the Civil War he commanded the gunboat Winona, also in the waters off South Carolina. In July 1865 MacKenzie received the rank of Lieutenant Commander and soon began a second Far Eastern deployment in Hartford. He was killed in action on 13 June 1867, during a punitive expedition ashore in southern Formosa.

The Navy has named three ships in honor of Lieutenant Commander Alexander Slidell MacKenzie, including: USS MacKenzie (Torpedo Boat # 17) of 1899-1916; USS MacKenzie (Destroyer # 175, later DD-175) of 1919-1940; and USS MacKenzie (DD-614) of 1942-1974.

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Photo #: NH 47991

Lieutenant Commander Alexander S. MacKenzie, USN


Photographed circa 1865.
LCdr. MacKenzie lost his life on 13 June 1867, during a combat action on Formosa.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 84KB; 595 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 52769

Group of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Officers, circa 1866-1867


These officers are identified in the original captions as:
(Seated, left to right):
Captain J.R. Madison Mullany, USN; and
Commander Henry A. Adams, Jr., USN.
(Standing, left to right):
Unidentified Lieutenant Commander;
Lieutenant Commander Rush R. Wallace, USN;
Paymaster Horace P. Tuttle, USN;
Lieutenant Commander Alexander S. MacKenzie, USN; and
First Lieutenant Richard S. Collum, USMC.
Note: These identifications should be approached with caution.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 123KB; 740 x 630 pixels

 


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