The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Raphael SemmesThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Cruise of the Alabama and the SumterAuthor: Raphael SemmesRelease Date: August 12, 2004 [EBook #13163]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CRUISE OF THE ALABAMA ***Produced by Curtis Weyant, Graeme Mackreth and PG Distributed Proofreaders[Illustration: RAPHAEL SEMMES.]THE CRUISE OF THE ALABAMA AND THE SUMTER.FROM THE PRIVATE JOURNALS AND OTHER PAPERS OF COMMANDER R. SEMMES, C.S.N. AND OTHER OFFICERS.Two Volumes in One.NEW YORK:MDCCCLXIV.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, byGEO. W. CARLETON,in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.ADVERTISEMENTTO THE LONDON EDITION.The following account of the cruise of the two Confederate States steamers—Sumter and Alabama—is taken from theprivate journals and other papers of Captain Semmes. It has been found necessary occasionally to adopt a narrativeform, but the endeavour has been throughout to adhere as closely as possible to that officer's own words.Information has also been most kindly afforded by other officers of the two vessels, and especially Lieutenant R.F ...