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Alexander Slidell Mackenzie (1803–1848), born Alexander Slidell, was a U.S. naval officer most famous for his 1842 decision to execute three suspected mutineers aboard a ship under his command, the ''USS Somers''. Mackenzie was also an accomplished man of letters, producing several volumes of travel writing and biographies of early important U.S. naval figures, some of whom he knew personally. Mackenzie was the brother of U.S. Senator John Slidell of Louisiana, who was later involved in the American Civil War's "Trent Affair." Mackenzie was captain of the USS ''Somers'' when it became the only U.S. Navy ship to undergo a mutiny which led to executions, including Philip Spencer, the nineteen-year-old son of the Secretary of War John C. Spencer. Mackenzie's handling of the ''Somers'' Affair, including its lack of a lawful court martial, was controversial; the incident was described at length in Vina Delmar's novel ''The Big Family''. It also inspired the novella ''Billy Budd'' by American author Herman Melville. The ''Somers'' Affair also led to the founding of the United States Naval Academy. ==Family== Mackenzie (then Slidell) was born April 6, 1803, in New York City, to Margery (spelled Marjorie ) (Mackenzie) and John Slidell. Alexander was one of a large family of children. His older siblings included (Thomas Slidell ) (later chief justice of Louisiana's state supreme court),〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lasc.org/Bicentennial/justices/Slidell_Thomas.aspx )〕 John Slidell (later US Senator from Louisiana), and Jane Slidell (later the wife of Commodore Matthew C. Perry). Jane's marriage to M.C. Perry was to have a particularly profound influence on her younger brother's life, bringing him into close contact with one of the nation's leading naval families, which included Matthew's heroic older brother, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, and members of Commodore John Rodgers' family, with whom the Perrys intermarried. In 1837-8, Alexander Slidell petitioned the New York State legislature and obtained the right to change his name to Mackenzie, reputedly as a condition of claiming the inheritance of a maternal uncle.〔 Mackenzie was the father of General Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, who, after a successful Civil War career, commanded the 4th Cavalry Regiment (United States)(), securing the line of settlement in Texas and throughout the West. Ranald Mackenzie was arguably the best Indian fighter of the American West. Another son was Lt. Commander Alexander Slidell MacKenzie. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexander Slidell Mackenzie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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