    
Title: Raphael Semmes Raphael Semmes Description: Raphael Semmes Raphael Semmes (September 27, 1809-August 30, 1877), Confederate admiral and general, and captain of the CSS Alabama (1862-1864), a 10,500-ton screw sloop-of-war built for the Confederate States Navy by John Laird Sons, Birkenhead, U.K., the most dreaded commerce raider during the Civil War, which attacked, burned and sank numerous Union merchant and naval vessels before it was sunk by the Union warship USS Kearsarge off Cherbourg, France, on June 19, 1864, following a fierce naval battle; the Alabama had a crew of 145 officers and men; Category: American Civil War Keywords: American Civil War, Confederate admirals, Confederate officers, Confederate Navy, military leaders, War Against the South: War Between the States, War for the South, War for the Southern Confederacy, War for the Union, War of the Rebellion. Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 1200 x 1456 (1.75 MPixels) (1.21) Print Size: 10.2 x 12.3 cm; 4.0 x 4.9 inches File Size: 5.03 MB (5,271,450 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000375539 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
