Captain Raphael Semmes, takes command of the newly commissioned CSS Alabama, to begin attacking compulsory Union commerce on the high seas.
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References:
Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 290.
CSS Alabama – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Alabama#Construction
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