My interest in Civil War photography was heightened during 2008 while working on the CSS Alabama Project, the ill-fated documentary about Alabamian Raphael Semmes. Why is there no good quality photo of the ship that made such a celebrated tour of the world? There are two shots showing the ship in the Far East, but they are not of very good quality. And there are some existing good quality shots of crewmen on board, but , again, no wide angle photo of the ship herself. A civil war photo that does exist, of three children, is the key to a five part story that began today in the N.Y. Times. 'Who's Father Was He?" is the story of the search for the identity of the children.
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