TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spencer,Warren F.
TI  - Raphael Semmes: the philosophical mariner 
SN  - 0585141053
AV  - E467.1.S47 S64 1997eb
U1  - 973.7/57 20
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Tuscaloosa, Ala.
PB  - University of Alabama Press
KW  - Semmes, Raphael,
KW  - Confederate States of America
KW  - Navy
KW  - Biography
KW  - fast
KW  - Admirals
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Historical
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Military operations, Naval
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Naval operations
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
KW  - Opérations navales
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Biographies
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-241) and index; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Student Mariner-Philosopher; 2. The Mexican War: Navy Duty; 3. Off to the ""Halls of the Montezumas!"" U.S. Army Duty; 4. Light House Keeping; 5. Secession, War, and the CSS Sumter; 6. Semmes and the CSS Alabama; 7. Survival after the Alabama; 8. The Mariner's Legacy; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Bibliography; Index
N2  - Naval hero for all the South, Raphael Semmes (1809-1877) sailed two famous Confederate raiders. He outfitted CSS Sumter in 1861 and captured 18 Union merchant ships in six months before the raider was blockaded at Gibraltar. Next he took command of CSS Alabama, an English-built raider, and terrorized U.S. merchant vessels on the high seas from August 1862 until the raider was sunk in battle off Cherbourg in June 1864. During that two-year period, he captured more enemy merchant ships than any other cruiser captain in maritime history. He is considered one of the greatest ship's commanders that
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