CSS Alabama
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CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy. She was built in Birkenhead on the River Mersey opposite Liverpool, England, by John Laird Sons and Company. Launche
A 1961 painting of CSS Alabama
Alabama in a cyclone in the Gulf Stream on 16 October 1862
CSS Alabama This sketch was made from a photograph (of a drawing) which Captain Semmes gave to a friend, with the remark that it was a correct picture of his ship. (Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Vol. 4, p. 601)
Deck scene cruiser Alabama in August 1863 - Lts Armstrong and Sinclair at Sinclair's 32-pounder station
Raphael Semmes
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Raphael Semmes was an officer in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. He had served as an officer in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1860.
CSS Alabama
…Bulloch arranged for a civilian crew and captain to sail Enrica to Terceira Island in the Azores. With Bulloch accompanying him, the new ship's captain, Raphael Semmes, left Liverpool on 13 August 1862 aboard the steamer Bahama to take command of the new cruiser. Semmes arrived at Terceira Island on 20 August 1862 and…
Raphael Semmes
Semmes and John McIntosh Kell
1864 engraving of the sinking of CSS Alabama
Raphael Semmes