1864 1ed Alabama & Sumter Navy Battles Blockades Civil War Confederate Semmes

1864 1^ed Alabama & Sumter Navy Battles Blockades Civil War Confederate Semmes

 

Raphael Semmes (1809-1877) was one of the most famous confederates during the war and was reviled as a pirate by Northerners long after the war ended, because with the Sumter he took 17 Northern ships, and with the Alabama 55. He published a collection of memoirs and war reminiscences describing his service in the navy during the Civil War; however, his works are primarily looked at as a defense of his actions during the Confederacy’s inevitable loss, or ‘Lost Cause’.

 

‘The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter’ was compiled from the diary and other documents of Captain Semmes. It contains descriptions of events which took place during the Civil War following the battles, routes and blockades of the ships Alabama and Sumter.

 

Item number: #5628

Price: $399

SEMMES, Raphael

The cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter: from the private journals and other papers of Commander R. Semmes, C.S.N., and other officers.

New York.: Carelton Publisher; London: Saunders, Otley, and Co. 1864. First Edition

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages

o   328

• References: Howes S 285; Nevins I 233; Sabin 79077
• Provenance: Handwritten

o   Andrew Wellington

• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
• Size: ~7.5in X 5in (19cm x 13cm)

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