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Semmes - Rebel Raider (Hardcover, New)
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Semmes - Rebel Raider (Hardcover, New)
Series: Military Profiles
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Loot Price R467
Discovery Miles 4 670
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Total price: R487
Discovery Miles: 4 870
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One man-Capt. Raphael Semmes-dominates the history of Confederate
naval operations in the American Civil War. Although the
Confederates were hopelessly outnumbered at sea, Semmes roamed the
oceans first in the CSS SUMTER and then the CSS ALABAMA, capturing
nearly 100 Federal merchant ships and precipitating a flight from
the American flag that decimated the Federal merchant marine.
Revered in the South as a hero, the North reviled and feared the
Yankee-hating Semmes as a pirate. Regardless of his reputation, his
wartime exploits were remarkable.Noted historian and biographer
John M. Taylor illustrates how, under Semmes's command, the ALABAMA
became a household name in America and overseas and struck fear
into the hearts of ships' crews and passengers alike. Incredibly,
Semmes and the ALABAMA traveled 75,000 miles, and as far east as
Singapore, without ever taking refuge in a Confederate port. In
1864, off the coast of Cherbourg, France, the Union's USS KEARSAGE
finally caught up with the Confederate raider and fought the last
ever ship-to-ship gun duel between wooden warships.
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