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Raphael Semmes

Other Service

United States of America

Source Documents

Record
Events
Title
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Type
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Semmes, Raphael - Page 1Semmes, Raphael - Page 1
US, Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Confederate - Officers, 1861-1865
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Semmes, Raphael - Page 2Semmes, Raphael - Page 2
US, Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Confederate - Officers, 1861-1865
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Semmes, Raphael - Page 3Semmes, Raphael - Page 3
US, Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Confederate - Officers, 1861-1865
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Semmes, Raphael - Page 4Semmes, Raphael - Page 4
US, Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Confederate - Officers, 1861-1865
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Semmes, Raphael - Page 5Semmes, Raphael - Page 5
US, Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Confederate - Officers, 1861-1865
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Semmes, Raphael - Page 6Semmes, Raphael - Page 6
US, Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Confederate - Officers, 1861-1865
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Semmes, Raphael - Page 7Semmes, Raphael - Page 7
US, Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Confederate - Officers, 1861-1865
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Raphael Statue.jpgRaphael Statue.jpg
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Raphael Marker.jpgRaphael Marker.jpg
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RARaphaelSemmes.jpgRARaphaelSemmes.jpg
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Captain_Raphael_Semmes_and_First_Lieutenant_John_Kell_aboard_CSS_Alabama_1863.jpgCaptain_Raphael_Semmes_and_First_Lieutenant_John_Kell_aboard_CSS_Alabama_1863.jpg
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Naval Academy.gifNaval Academy.gif
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Raphael SemmesRaphael Semmes
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Memorial28 Oct 2013
Raphael SemmesRaphael Semmes
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Memorial2 Nov 2013

Source URLs

URL
Events
Description
United States Navy
Confederate States Navy
American Civil War
commerce raider
CSS Alabama
prizes
rear admiral
brigadier general
Confederate States Army
Charles County, Maryland
Paul Jones Semmes
Alexander Alderman Semmes
citation needed
Charlotte Hall Military Academy
[2]
midshipman
law
bar
Mexican-American War
brig
USS Somers
Gulf of Mexico
Veracruz, Mexico
Mobile, Alabama
Semmes, Alabama
commander
lighthouse
Alabama
Union
New Orleans, Louisiana
cruiser
CSS Sumter
sloop-of-war
USSBrooklyn
[3]
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
merchant
Gibraltar
England
captain
Azores
Cape of Good Hope
East Indies
USS Hatteras
Galveston, TX
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AlabamaSinkingHarpers23July1864.jpg
Cherbourg, France
USS Kearsarge
ironclad
port
starboard
waterline
Dahlgren
Stainless Banner
stern
John Ancrum Winslow
[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RARaphaelSemmes.jpg
Cuba
rear admiral
James River Squadron
Virginia II
Richmond, Virginia
Joseph E. Johnston
[5]
Sayler's Creek
William T. Sherman
Durham Station, N.C.
[1]
treason
Louisiana State University
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Admiral_Semmes_House_02.jpg
Raphael Semmes House
Lost Cause
Old Catholic Cemetery
Alabama Hall of Fame