John H. Kelly

John Herbert Kelly
John Herbert Kelly
	John H. Kelly, Brigadier General in the Confederate Army
Nickname(s)	The Boy General of the Confederacy
Born	March 31, 1840; Carrollton, Alabama
Died	September 4, 1864 (aged 24); Franklin, Tennessee
Place of burial	Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Service/branch	Confederate States Army
Years of service	1861–1864 (CSA)
Rank	Brigadier General (CSA)
Commands	8th Arkansas Infantry Regiment; Kelly's Brigade
Battles/wars	American Civil War Battle of Shiloh; Battle of Murfreesboro; Battle of Perryville; Battle of Chickamauga; Battle of Pickett's Mill; Franklin-Nashville Campaign †; ;

John Herbert Kelly (March 31, 1840 – September 4, 1864) was, at the time of his promotion, the youngest brigadier general in the Confederate States Army.^[1] He became one of the youngest generals to die during the American Civil War, at the age of 24.^[2] His death occurred during an engagement at Franklin, Tennessee, on September 2, 1864, during Major General Joseph Wheeler's raid into Tennessee in August and early September 1864 in an attempt to destroy the railroad that Union Army Major General William Tecumseh Sherman was using to supply his force from Chattanooga, Tennessee, during the Atlanta Campaign.^[3]

^ Derek Smith's The Gallant Dead: Union and Confederate Generals Killed in the Civil War (2005) pg. 274
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^ This engagement at Franklin, Tennessee should not be confused with the November 30, 1864 Battle of Franklin (1864), which was part of the Franklin–Nashville Campaign.