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John Henry Russell
Rear Admiral John Henry Russell (4 July 1827 – 1 April 1897) was an officer of the United States Navy during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.
Biography.
Russell was born at Frederick, Maryland on 4 July 1827 to Sir James Henry Russell and Martha Wilson Russell. He was appointed midshipman on 10 September 1841 and served in the sloop of war in the Pacific until 1843. He returned in the frigate in 1844 and served in in the Gulf of Mexico from
to the conflict.
The British cabinet was stunned by the enormous loss of the Third Battle of Charleston. John Bright led the overtures for peace, and directed the wrath of Parliament at Lord Russell for his languid responses and general unwillingness to prevent the departure of the commerce raiders being constructed. Most damning were the papers picked up by Henry Adams from the cabin of the CSS "North Carolina" before the British ships arrived, proving the connection between British and Confederate interests. The government was shuffled and Benjamin Disraeli came to