The Battle of Cherbourg (1864): Off the coast of, France, Captain John A. Winslow, commanding the USS Kearsarge, sinks the CSS Alabama, commanded by Captain Raphael Semmes.
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 182.
Battle of Cherbourg (1864) – Wikipedia
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Chronology Of The American Civil War
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