The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter

C.S.N. Semmes (Commander R.), Ralph Semmes, Raphael Semmes

Digital Scanning Inc, 2001 - History - 344 pages

First published over 100 years ago, CRUISE OF THE ALABAMA AND THE SUMTER is Raphael Semmes? incredible story of his experiences as a commander in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War. Semmes draws upon his private journals and papers to unfold his memories of capturing merchant vessels and skillfully eluding Union warships while commanding both the Alabama and Sumter. Together with his crew, Semmes endured a career of commerce raiding that was without equal in American naval history of its time

Contents

• CHAPTER I: 7
• CHAPTER III: 16
• Leave Paramaribo: 33
• CHAPTER VI: 40
• rages Fire: 63
• CHAPTER IX: 69
• capture: 80
• The Tangier difficulty: 87
• The new vessel: 97
• Good qualities: 118
• empty stable: 133
• CHAPTER XX: 139
• Again ready Gloomy weather: 142
• CHAPTER XXIII: 150
• Crowded with prisoners: 156
• CHAPTER XXVI: 168
• CHAPTER XXVII: 174
• CHAPTER XXIX: 185
• capture off Cape Town: 190
• CHAPTER XXXI: 196
• CHAPTER XXXII: 207
• CHAPTER XXXIV: 222
• Channel At Cherbourg: 227
• APPENDIX: 239
• No II: 249
• MR LAIRDS SPEECH ON THE ALABAMA: 265
• THE ALABAMA IN TABLE: 276
• CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING: 285
• TUSCALOOSA: 320

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter
• Authors: C.S.N. Semmes (Commander R.), Ralph Semmes, Raphael Semmes
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Digital Scanning Inc, 2001
• ISBN: 1582183554, 9781582183558
• Length: 344 pages
• Subjects: History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); History / Military / Naval; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)