Semmes: Rebel Raider

by John M. Taylor and Raphael Semmes

Book Overview

One man--Capt. Raphael Semmes--dominates the history of Confederate naval operations in the American Civil War. Although the Confederates were hopelessly outnumbered at sea, Semmes roamed the oceans first in the CSS SUMTER and then the CSS ALABAMA, capturing nearly 100 Federal merchant ships and precipitating a flight from the American flag that decimated the Federal merchant marine. Revered in the South as a hero, the North reviled and feared the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574884190
• ISBN13: 9781574884197
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 7.7"