C.S.S. Alabama

Artist: Daniel Thomas
School: Highland Gardens, Montgomery

"C.S.S. Alabama"

June 19, 1864: The CSS Alabama, captained by Mobile’s Raphael Semmes, is sunk at the end of a fierce naval engagement with the USS Kearsarge off the coast of Cherbourg, France. The Alabama had docked there for maintenance and repairs after 22 months of destroying northern commerce on the high seas during the Civil War.



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Created: October 10, 2007
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