<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: U-Alexander Macomb Mason 18411897, owaziwa nangokuthi uMason Bey, wayeyisikhulu semikhumbi yempi yaseMelika, umqashi, umhloli wamazwe kanye nodokotela. Wayengumzukulu kaGeneral Alexander Macomb futhi engumzukulu kaGeorge Mason. Wazalelwa eWashington, DC, emndenini onamaphoyisa amaningi ochwepheshe e-United States Army nase-United States Navy, uMason wakhonza njengomuntu osemusha ebhodini le-frigate USS Niagara lapho lowo mkhumbi ubeka ikhebula lokuqala eliphumelelayo le-transatlantic ngo-1858. UMason wabe esefunda iminyaka emithathu e-United States Naval Academy ngaphambi kokuyeka ngo-Ephreli 1861 ukujoyina i-Confederate States Navy phakathi neMpi Yombango yaseMelika. Umsebenzi wakhe ngesikhathi sempi wawuhlanganisa ukubamba iqhaza eMpini yaseHampton Roads,  <response>: Impi yaseDrewys Bluff, nokuvinjezelwa kweCharleston. Phakathi kuka-1863 no-1864 wahamba eNgilandi naseFrance, esebenza isikhashana njengonobhala wangasese kumalume wakhe uJames Murray Mason. Ebanjwe eMpini yaseSailors Creek ngo-Ephreli 1865, uMason waboshwa okokuqala ejele elidala laseCapitol eWashington, DC wabe eseboshwa eJohnsons Island eduze naseSandusky, e-Ohio. 