OTD 165 YEARS AGO: The fall of Fort Sumter and Abraham Lincoln’s militia proclamation sparks a surge of patriotism and mass mobilizations in both North and South.
Tag: Raphael Semmes
The Alabama Battles the Kearsarge
A dramatic naval battle off the coast of France results in the destruction of the Confederacy’s most feared commerce raider on the high seas.
The Alabama versus The Hatteras
The famed Confederate commerce raider C.S.S. Alabama engages Federal warships trying to reinstate the blockade of Galveston, Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico.
Naval Operations Along the Coast and at Sea
The C.S.S. Sumter completes her first raid on U.S. shipping, Federals strengthen their blockade, and a Federal crew takes on Confederate privateers.