Lewis Kimberly

Rear Admiral Lewis Ashfield Kimberly was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and the years following.

Kimberly was born in Troy, New York, and was appointed a midshipman onDecember 1846. He served aboard the sloop Jamestown in the Africa Squadron in 184750, then in the Pacific aboard the frigate Raritan during 185052, receiving promotion to passed midshipman on June 8, 1852. He then returned to African waters, serving in the sloops Decatur and Dale in 185356, and was promoted to master and lieutenant on Septemberand 16, 1855. Kimberly spent some time stationed at the Boston Navy Yard, and then served aboard the sloop Germantown in the East India Squadron between July 1857 and April 1860, before joining the newly commissioned steam sloop Richmond which sailed for the Mediterranean in October 1860, finally returning to the United States in July 1861 after the outbreak of the Civil War.

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