ROLL, ALABAMA, ROLL! – SINKING OF CSS ALABAMA

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CSS Alabama, ca. 1961. Rear Admiral J. W. Schmidt, artist. Courtesy of the Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 85593-KN.
Larry Beldt, “Roll, Alabama, Roll!” 2012年6月22日。教育视频,2:00。https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ydhi1g9ryk。

这CSS阿拉巴马州由拉斐尔Semmes船长吩咐,花了nearly two years capturing and destroying 65 Northern merchant ships and whalers. There were seven different expeditionary raids from the Eastern Atlantic to the Java Sea and back near where the vessel had been built. The commerce raider had become legendary and captured the imagination of most of the world. Many, however, considered Semmes and his ship piratical and it had to be destroyed.

GOD HELPS THOSE THAT HELP THEMSELVES

阿拉巴马州arrived off Cape Town, South Africa, in late July 1863 in a dramatic fashion. The cruiser captured the bark海洋新娘在开普敦的视线内。Semmes将那个商人及其货物卖给了南非公民。到1863年9月24日,塞姆斯(Semmes)在印度洋设置了一门课程,沉没了几艘船,于1863年12月21日到达新加坡。在那里,他看到了20多艘北部商船在锚点失业。他知道他的船和其他同盟的商业突袭者在破坏我们的运输方面非常成功。[1]阅读更多