John C. Howell
| John Cummings Howell | |
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| Born |
November 24, 1819 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | September 12, 1892 (aged 72) Folkestone, England |
| Buried at | Cheriton Road Cemetery, Folkestone, England |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1836–1881 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
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John Cummings Howell (24 November 1819 – 12 September 1892) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He rose to the rank of rear admiral and late in his career was commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic Squadron and then of the European Squadron.
Howell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 24 November 1819.
Howell was appointed as a midshipman on 9 June 1836. His first tour of duty was aboard the new sloop-of-war USS Levant in the West Indies Squadron from 1837 to 1841. He was promoted to passed midshipman on 1 July 1842 and served aboard the new frigate USS Congress in the Mediterranean Squadron from 1842 to 1844. From 1844 to 1845 he served aboard the brig USS Perry in the East India Squadron, after which he was Naval Storekeeper at Macao from 1846 to 1848.
Promoted to master on 21 February 1849 and to lieutenant on 2 August 1849, Howell returned to sea for a tour aboard the frigate USS Raritan in the Home Squadron from 1849 to 1850. He next served aboard the sloop-of-war USS Saratoga in the East India Squadron from 1851 to 1853. A tour aboard the receiving ship at Philadelphia followed from 1854 to 1856, after which he returned to the Mediterranean Squadron to serve aboard the steam frigate USS Susquehanna from 1856 to 1858. Then he had a second tour aboard the receiving ship at Philadelphia – which by then was USS Princeton – from 1859 to 1860.
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