It was on this date in 1865 that the Civil War raider CSS Alabama sank after an hour long battle with the U.S.S. Kearsarge. The website of a documentary we were developing is still intact, and on it you can read some of the story and find links to places and groups associated with the ship and her captain, Raphael Semmes of Mobile. If you are searching for some Summer reading, An excellent book on the subject is "Wolf of The Deep" by Stephen Fox.
I thought this entry from the blogsite for the project was hilarious!
ReplyDelete"Jan. 14, 1861 – Confederate Government issues a plea to naval officers resigning from the U.S. Navy to take their ships with them! Not a single officer does so."