<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - U-Alexander Macomb Mason 18411897, owaziwa nangokuthi uMason Bey, wayeyisikhulu semikhumbi yempi yaseMelika, i-mercenary, 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 wahlanganisa ukubamba iqhaza eMpini yaseHampton Roads, eMpini yaseDrewys Bluff  <response>: , 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. 