At an island in the Azores, the steam and sail ship that had been called the 290 was christened by Captain Raphael Semmes as The CSS Alabama, and began the almost three year journey of destruction and raiding Northern ships of commerce.
A "Commerce raider" she was called, though the Northern media used the word pirate freely.
Semmes kept clippings of newspaper stories about his exploits. They are part of his log book at The Alabama Department of Archives and History.
During this 150th Anniversary of the voyage of the ship named for this state, I'll be posting now and then items about his exploits, like this one. For more information, a blog Bob Corley and I started as part of a proposed documentary is still alive here.
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| Plans for the CSS Alabama |
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| A newspaper clipping in the CSS Alabamna logbook, 1861 |
Semmes kept clippings of newspaper stories about his exploits. They are part of his log book at The Alabama Department of Archives and History.
During this 150th Anniversary of the voyage of the ship named for this state, I'll be posting now and then items about his exploits, like this one. For more information, a blog Bob Corley and I started as part of a proposed documentary is still alive here.
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