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Description edit
The absorbing story of Raphael Semmes and the CSS Alabama , the Confederate raider that destroyed Union ocean shipping and took more prizes than any other raider in naval history. In July 1862, the Confederate captain Raphael Semmes received orders to report to Liverpool, where he would take... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Raphael Semmes: Captain of the CSS Alabama
- John Kell: Add a description of this character.
- Anne Semmes
- James Bulloch
- Thomas Dudley
- Gideon Welles
- Arthur Sinclair
- Hagar
- Ariel
- Charles Francis Adams
- Russell
- Spencer
- Samuel
- Baldwin
- Aspinwall
- Simon
- Charles Wilkes
- Anna
- Oliver
- Lincoln
- Fraser
- Latham
- Louisa Tremlett
- Clarence Yonge
- John Murray Forbes
- Palmerston
- Jefferson Davis
- Alexandra
- Brown
- Henry Laird
- Johnson
- Gustavus Fox
- Lee
- Stephen Mallory
- Breedlove Smith
- Mason
Setting & Locations edit
- Alabama
- London
- England
- New York
- Cherbourg
- United States
- Richmond
- Cape Town
- Washington
- Hatteras
- Brazil
- Great Britain
- Kearsarge
- Boston
- Florida
- Galveston
- Singapore
- Caribbean
- Bahama
- Agrippina
- Cincinnati
- Kingston
- Vanderbilt
- Georgia
- Philadelphia
- Union
- Paris
- Virginia
- Nassau
- America
- Europe
- Havana
- Maryland
- High Seas
- Gibraltar
- Indian Ocean
- Gulf Of Mexico
- Bahia
- Martinique
- Texas
- Tonawanda
- New Orleans
- Blanquilla
- Wyoming
- Mobile
- Azores
- San Jacinto
- Mersey
Table of Contents edit
Prologue Escape and Debut
1. The Captain and the Ship
2. "A Pirate on the High Seas"
3. For Money and Fighting
4. Impacts: North and South
5. Impacts: Anglo-America
6. The Turncoats
7. Cape Town Zenith
8. The Track of Fire to Singapore
9. Running Down
10. Cherbourg
11. Afterward
Epilogue The Alabama Found
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Stephen R. Fox (Author)
Awards edit
- John Lyman Book Award (2007: Biography and Autobiography)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 973.75092
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › Civil War › Confederacy
- Books › History › Americas › United States › Civil War › Naval Operations
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Historical › United States › Civil War
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Leaders & Notable People › Military › United States Civil War
- Books › History › Military › Naval
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