UNIV. OF

SERVICE AFLOAT

OR THE

REMARKABLE CAREER OF THE CONFEDERATE CRUISERS

SUMTER AND ALABAMA

DURING THE

WAR BETWEEN THE STATES

BY

ADMIRAL RAPHAEL SEMMES

OF THE LATE CONFEDERATE STATES NAVY; AUTHOR of SERVICE AFLOAT AND ASHORE
DURING THE MEXICAN WAR

Illustrated with Steel Engraved Portraits, and Eight Engravings from Original
Designs Printed in Chromo-Tints

London

SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON

CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET

1887

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TO THE MEMORY

OF THOSE

Sailors and Soldiers of the Southern States,

WHO LOST THEIR LIVES, IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES

IN DEFENCE OF THE LIBERTIES WHICH HAD BEEN

BEQUEATHED TO THEM BY THEIR FATHERS,

THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY

AND AFFECTIONATELY

INSCRIBED BY

THE AUTHOR.