Jun 20, 2010

CSS Alabama artifact for sale

     A pistol belonging to an officer on the CSS Alabama is for sale. Lieutenant Arthur Sinclair was said to have given the pistol to the owner of The Deerhound after that English steam yacht picked up Sinclair, Captain Raphael Semmes, and other officers and men of the CSS Alabama when she sank in the channel off France.
     That story is unconfirmed, but presuming the pistol did in fact survive the sinking of the ship along with the Lieutenant, it would make quite a conversation piece. Asking price is by the English auction house is about 15,000 pounds....about $22,200 in dollars.
     Sinclair is on the left in this photo on board the Alabama.....the person in the background may be the only African-American on board the shop when she sank, but tha's a story for another time.
    Good luck bidding!
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  1. AnonymousThursday, January 03, 2013 2:43:00 PM

    I own an equally important CSS Alabama artifact that I'm thinking of selling. It is a crew-made model of the CSS Alabama with the following inscription on the sail: "In memory of Dr. Llewelyn who drowned in a fatal effort to save us all, Lt. Arthur Sinclair, August 15, 1864". It is dated less than 2 months after the ship's sinking on June 19,1864. Could have been built by Sinclair while recouperating in England.

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    1. Tim LennoxThursday, January 03, 2013 4:13:00 PM

      Do you have a photo posted online anywhere? I would like to see it.
      Tim Lennox

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