John Guest (7 March 1822 – 12 January 1879) was a
commodore of the
United States Navy, whose active-duty career lasted from the late 1830s through the
Civil War.
Guest was born in
Missouri on 7 March 1822. He was appointed
midshipman
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16 December 1837, served in the
frigate
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''Congress'' during the
Mexican–American War, and protected foreign residents from
Chinese Imperial forces at
Shanghai in April 1854.
During the
Civil War, he held several sea commands and participated in actions along the Gulf Coast. He commanded
''Owasco'' and
''Sangamon'', passing the forts for the capture of
New Orleans and engaging
Confederate batteries
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in the
siege of Vicksburg. He also took part in the capture of the forts at
Galveston, Texas
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, and the
capture of Fort Fisher
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,
North Carolina.
After the Civil War, Guest became a member of the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, a military society for officers who had served the Union during the war.
He was promoted to commodore in 1873, and at the time of his death was commandant of the
Portsmouth Navy Yard in
Kittery, Maine.
External links
Biography at Virtualology.com
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1822 births
1879 deaths
United States Navy officers
Union Navy officers