Captain Raphael Semmes, commander of the CSS
Captain Raphael Semmes, commander of the CSS Alabama, a Confederate blockade runner and commerce raider. He stands by his ships 110-pounder rifled gun during her visit to Capetown in August 1863. CSS Alabama took 65 ships before her sinking by the USS Kearsarge, on June 19, 1864, during the US Civil War
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13123631
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45384571
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3000px x 1997px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
