Memoirs Of Service Afloat, During The War Between The States V2 (1869) - Couverture rigide

Semmes, Professor Raphael

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ISBN 10 : 1437408370 ISBN 13 : 9781437408379

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing Co, 2008

Synopsis

""Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States"" is a two-volume memoir written by Raphael Semmes, a Confederate naval officer, and published in 1869. The book recounts Semmes' experiences as the captain of the CSS Alabama, a Confederate commerce raider, during the American Civil War. Semmes provides detailed accounts of the Alabama's engagements with Union warships and his strategies for evading capture. The second volume continues Semmes' narrative, covering his time as the commander of the CSS Sumter and his eventual capture by the Union navy. The book offers a unique perspective on the naval aspects of the Civil War and provides insight into the motivations and tactics of the Confederate navy.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

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Published in 1869, Raphael Semmes's Memoirs of Service Afloat was the first major southern memoir issued after the Civil War, written by the most important Confederate naval figure to emerge from the conflict. It appears here in its first indexed and professionally edited version, with an introduction and notes by Semmes's biographer John M. Taylor. According to Taylor, Semmes's impressive military performance would not be rivaled by any sea raider until the advent of the submarine. Commanding two cruisers, first the Sumter and then the famous Alabama, Semmes engineered a rout of the Federal merchant marine, burning or bonding a total of sixty-four vessels with the Alabama alone before its dramatic defeat by the USS Kearsarge off Cherbourg in 1864, an event that nonetheless served to enhance his reputation - as a pirate in the North and a hero in the South. His memoir is a rollicking account of the voyages of the Sumter and the Alabama, with digressions on his natural surroundings and sociopolitical topics. Written soon after the war, Semmes's work conveys a zeal for the Lost Cause and an unrelenting bitterness toward the Yankees that ironically tend to obscure his own deeds of skill, daring and humanitarianism.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1437408370
• ISBN 13: 9781437408379
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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