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The Blue & Grey Press, (1987). Octavo, gray leatherette & boards (hardcover), gilt letters, 833 pp. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: The Civil War marks the development of modern naval warfare. Ironclad ships, steam power, maneuverable gunnery, together helped make battles at sea more deadly and more decisive. Raphael Semmes was one of the pioneers. A distinguished naval officer in the United States Navy prior to the War Between the states, as a Southerner, he stood firm with the South. First as Commander of the Sumter, the first Confederate ship of war, then as Captain of the CSS Alabama -- that most notorious and successful of Southern warships -- Semmes could well be considered the father of the Confederate Navy. Memoirs of Service Afloat is not only the story of Admiral Semmes adventures, cruises and battles, it is the history of the development of the Confederate navy. Written very much from the point-of-view of a Southern officer and gentleman, Memoirs of Service…
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Service Afloat; or, The Remarkable Career of the Confederate Cruisers Sumter and Alabama, During the War Between the States (First Edition)
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Baltimore: The Baltimore Publishing Company, 1887. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Baltimore: The Baltimore Publishing Company, 1887. Original blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. Illustrated with Steel Engraved Portraits, and Eight Engravings, from Original Design, Printed in Chromo-Tints [Chromolithographs]. 833 pages. Good+. Hinges slightly cracked else tight binding; clean pages; some wear to corners; better than usually seen. Howes S-286; Nevins I, 233. Raphael Semmes (September 27, 1809 August 30, 1877) was an officer in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. Until then, he had been a serving officer in the US Navy from 1826 to 1860. During the American Civil War, Semmes was captain of the cruiser CSS Alabama, the most successful commerce raider in maritime history, taking 65 prizes. Late in the war, he was promoted to rear admiral and also acted briefly as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army. His appointment or arrangement to act as a temporary brigadier general from April 5 to April 26, 1865, was never submitted to or officially confirmed by the Confederate Senate. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING COLLECTIBLE BOOKS.
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Memoirs of Service Afloat during the War between the States. Illustrated with Original Engravings.
by Semmes, Admiral Raphael, CSN, Captain of the CSS Alabama
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Eastern Digital Resources, 1995. Eastern Digital Resources, 1995 THE disruption of the American Union by the war of 1861 was not an unforeseen event. Patrick Henry, and other patriots who struggled against the adoption of the Federal Constitution by the Southern States, foretold it in burning words of prophecy. Henry said, ""The voice of tradition, I trust, will inform posterity of our struggles for freedom. If our descendants be worthy of the name of Americans, they will preserve, and hand down to the latest posterity, the transactions of the present times; and though I confess my explanations are not worth the hearing, they will see I have done my utmost to preserve their liberty."". CD-ROM. 833 Pages.
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Memoirs of Service Afloat during the War Between the States
by Admiral Raphael Semmes (author); John M. Taylor (introduction, notes)
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Memoirs of Service Afloat
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The Blue & Grey Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. Reprint. 155211771 . Paper covered boards with bumped spine ends. Corners sharp. No edgewear. DJ has mild edgewear only. Binding sound, text clean. Some notes to rear pastedown. No previous owner names, stickers or stamps. Pages lightly age toned. Illustrated with reproduced engravings. ; Large 8vo, hardcover, 833 pages. .
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Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States
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Raphael Semmes: Tidewater Boy (Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
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Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1962. 1st edition (Stated); dj w/unclipped price, in mylar; orange pictorial c; 192 clean, unmarked pages; ex-library, Complete with 6 illustrations, as called for, in the form of silhouettes. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Paul Laune. 12 vo.
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Blue & Grey Press, 1987-01-01. no additional printings listed . Hardcover. near fine /near fine. NOT an ex library book. 833 pages. Dust jacket has no chips or tears.
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