TY - BOOK AU - Semmes,Raphael TI - The cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter SN - 1582183538 AV - E599.A3 S46 2002eb U1 - 973.7/57 22 PY - 2002/// CY - Scituate, MA PB - Digital Scanning, Inc. KW - Alabama (Screw sloop) KW - Sumter (Confederate cruiser) KW - fast KW - HISTORY KW - United States KW - Civil War Period (1850-1877) KW - bisacsh KW - History KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 KW - Personal narratives, Confederate KW - États-Unis KW - Histoire KW - 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) KW - Récits personnels des confédérés KW - Electronic books KW - Personal narratives KW - Confederate N1 - "As published in 1864"--Cover N2 - First published over 100 years ago, CRUISE OF THE ALABAMA AND THE SUMTER is Raphael Seemes' incredible story of his experiences as a commander in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War. Seemes draws upon his private journals and papers to unfold his memories of capturing merchant vessels and skillfully eluding Union warships while commanding both ships. Together with his crew, Seemes endured a career of commerce raiding that was without equal in American naval history of its time UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=400468 ER -