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Author : Alfred Iverson Branham
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)
Download or read book "290", Story of the Sinking of the Alabama written by Alfred Iverson Branham and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Marvel
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807866903
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book The Alabama and the Kearsarge written by William Marvel and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000-11-09 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 19, 1864, the Confederate cruiser Alabama and the USS Kearsarge faced off in the English Channel outside the French port of Cherbourg. About an hour after the Alabama fired the first shot, it began to sink, and its crew was forced to wave the white flag of surrender. Working with personal papers and diaries and contemporary reports, historian William Marvel interweaves the stories of these two celebrated Civil War warships, from their construction to their climactic encounter off Cherbourg. Just as importantly, he illuminates the day-to-day experiences of their crews. From cabin boys to officers, sailors have been one of the most ignored groups of the Civil War. The sailors' lot was one of constant discomfort and monotony, interspersed with riotous frolics ashore and, occasionally, a few minutes of intense excitement and danger. Housed in damp, crowded quarters, their wartime mortality rate did not reach that of their army counterparts, but service-connected diseases shortened their postwar lives disproportionately. Most of the crewmen ended their lives in nameless obscurity, and their story has remained unwritten until now.
Author : Warren F. Spencer
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817358390
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Raphael Semmes written by Warren F. Spencer and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Naval hero for all the South, Raphael Semmes (1809-1877) sailed two famous Confederate raiders. He outfitted CSS Sumter in 1861 and captured 18 Union merchant ships in six months before the raider was blockaded at Gibraltar. Next he took command of CSS Alabama, an English-built raider, and terrorized U.S. merchant vessels on the high seas from August 1862 until the raider was sunk in battle off Cherbourg in June 1864. During that two-year period, he captured more enemy merchant ships than any other cruiser captain in maritime history. He is considered one of the greatest ship's commanders that America has produced. In this first, full-scale biography that relies on Semmes's private papers, unpublished diaries, and correspondence, Spencer has produced a well-balanced and comprehensive account of the man, as well as the naval officer. The biographer paints a vivid portrait of Semmes—the intellectual, the family man, lawyer, romanticist, nationalist—providing a greater understanding of the man behind the heroic deeds. Semmes was born in Maryland to a slave-holding family and entered the United States Navy in 1826. In 1849, he moved his family to Mobile, Alabama, to be near the navy base at Pensacola, Florida, and to practice law during leaves. Semmes was an astute student, not only of international and maritime law but also of weather patterns; astronomy; flora and fauna; naval, social, and cultural history; and the classics. His study of constitutional law led him to side with his adopted state in 1861, a move that set the stage for his place in history.
Author : James C Bradford
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612512607
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Captains of the Old Steam Navy written by James C Bradford and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback for the first time, this collection of biographical essays delves into the careers of thirteen colorful naval leaders who guided the U.S. Navy through four turbulent decades of transition. Interpretive in approach, each essay emphasizes facets of the officer's personality or aspects of his career that made lasting contributions to the navy.
Author : Norman C. Delaney
Publisher : University Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817312684
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)
Download or read book John McIntosh Kell of the Raider Alabama written by Norman C. Delaney and published by University Alabama Press. This book was released on 2003-01-29 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid portrait of the man credited as a driving force behind the most successful of the Confederate raiders, the legendary C.S.S. Alabama. John McIntosh Kell was an experienced, proven military man, a graduate of Annapolis, a veteran of the Mexican War and of Admiral Perry’s voyage to Japan. As a Confederate officer, Kell served first on the raider Sumter and then on the Alabama. At sea for only 22 months, the Alabama engaged nearly 300 northern merchant vessels, burning 55 of these transport ships along with their million-dollar cargoes. Though First Lieutenant ("Luff") Kell was apparently content to let his captain, Raphael Semmes, take credit for their accomplishments, Semmes acknowledged that his successes were due largely to the energy and resourcefulness of his second in command. Life on the commerce cruisers was hard and tedious, and much of the responsibility for running the day-to-day operations, including the disciplining of a largely mercenary crew, rested on Kell, whose sense of duty and loyalty did not waver. Norman C. Delaney bases his account of this remarkable naval officer’s experiences on the interviews Kell granted to news reporters during the 1880s and 1890s (previously neglected by historians) and his memoirs, published in 1900 as Recollections of a Naval Life. He supplements these materials with records from Kell’s earlier years, including letters, journals, diaries, and contemporary observations. First published in 1973 by The University of Alabama Press, this new edition of an award-winning biography will be welcomed by Civil War historians and enthusiasts around the world, naval institutions and museums, and general readers alike.
Author : John McIntosh Kell
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Beneath the Stainless Banner written by John McIntosh Kell and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His recollections offer a fascinating glimpse into the activities of the Confederate Navy, and in particular the day-to-day operations of the cruisers Sumter and Alabama.
Author : James C Bradford
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612512623
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Quarterdeck and Bridge written by James C Bradford and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This superb collection of biographical essays tells the story of the U.S. Navy through the lives of the officers who forged its traditions. The essayists are leading naval historians who assess the careers of these men and their impact on the naval service, from the Continental Navy of the American Revolution to the nuclear Navy of the Cold War.
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Total Pages : 464 pages
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Download or read book Journal of Confederate History written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marie Bankhead Owen
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 762 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Alabama Historical Quarterly written by Marie Bankhead Owen and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frederic Stanhope Hill
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Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Romance of the American Navy as Embodied in the Stories of Certain of Our Public and Private Armed Ships from 1775 to 1909 written by Frederic Stanhope Hill and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Neale Haley
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Total Pages : 200 pages
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Download or read book The Schooner Era written by Neale Haley and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph McKenna
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786458275
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book British Ships in the Confederate Navy written by Joseph McKenna and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-03-08 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the American Civil War, British-crewed warships harassed Union merchantmen, sinking a total value of more than $15,000,000 in ships and cargo. Considered pirates by the federal government, these ships and crew were at the center of a largely unknown but fascinating struggle between Commander James Dunwoody of the Confederate Navy, U.S. Ambassador Charles Francis Adams, and Consul Thomas H. Dudley. This history of British assistance to the Confederate Navy covers that story in full and provides a close look at the British seamen who manned warships and blockade runners.
Author : Arthur Sinclair
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Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Two Years on the Alabama written by Arthur Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Mebane
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Total Pages : 152 pages
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Download or read book Books Relating to the Civil War written by John Mebane and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W. O. Blake
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Total Pages : 870 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Pictorial History of the Great Rebellion written by W. O. Blake and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Fleury Mottelay
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Soldier in Our Civil War written by Paul Fleury Mottelay and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Library of Congress
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Total Pages : 712 pages
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Download or read book The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
