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Raphael Semmes and the Alabama (Civil War Campaigns and Commanders Series) by Tucker, Spencer; McWhiney, Grady is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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May 1862. The C.S.S. Alabama is launched in Liverpool and makes its way to the Azores. There it receives its armaments, is commissioned under the command of Raphael Semmes, and embarks on a 21-month journey of unparalleled destruction of the Union merchant fleet. This campaign is highlighted by the sinking of the Union warship Hatteras off Galveston. Semmes and his Alabama search the seas from Newfoundland to the South Atlantic, from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, for Union merchant vessels.
Who reads Raphael Semmes and the Alabama (Civil War Campaigns and Commanders Series)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Tucker, Spencer; McWhiney, Grady
- Publisher
- McWhiney Foundation Press
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781886661110
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, Historical Fiction, Naval
- Rating
- 3.5 / 5 (2 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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