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Charles Heyer Bell (August 15, 1798 – February 19, 1875) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy who served during the War of 1812, the
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, and the American Civil War.


Biography

Born in
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, Bell served as a midshipman on
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. Later, Bell served on the , under the command of
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, against
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. In 1824, he was in command of the schooner USS ''Ferret'', which capsized at sea. He (and other survivors) remained with the capsized vessel for twenty-one hours before being rescued. Five crew members died. In 1839 the brig ''Dolphin'', under his command, ascended an African river and compelled a native chief to pay for goods that had been taken from a U.S. vessel. In the 1840s he commanded U.S. Navy ships in the suppression of the slave trade. He captured three slavers off the African coast, one of them transporting more than 900 slaves. During the Mexican-American War he commanded a sloop-of-war named Yorktown along the African coast, to disrupt the slave trade. His commands included the in 1855, and the Norfolk Naval Shipyard from 30 April 1859 to 1 August 1860. At the beginning of the
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he was in command of the Mediterranean Squadron of the U.S. Navy. On January 3, 1862 he was promoted to the newly established rank of Flag Officer (equivalent to the rank of Commodore) and he received command of the
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in July 1862 (replacing
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), which he held until 1864. He was promoted to commodore on July 16, 1862, and in 1864 was transferred to the command of ships serving on the
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in Virginia. He was promoted to rear admiral on July 25, 1866. He retired in 1868, after serving for three years as commander of the
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. He died in
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bell, Charles H. 1798 births 1875 deaths United States Navy rear admirals (lower half) Burials at Elmwood Cemetery (North Brunswick, New Jersey)