1887 Confederate Navy Memoirs of Raphael Semmes Civil WAR Service Afloat RARE

1887 Confederate Navy Memoirs of Raphael Semmes Civil WAR Service Afloat RARE

Raphael Semmes was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War, commanding ships in the Confederate and the United States Navy. He published a collection of memoirs and war reminiscences describing his service in the navy during the Civil War; however, this work is primarily looked at as a defense of his actions during the Confederacy’s inevitable loss, or ‘Lost Cause’.

According to Nevins, this work is

“a first-hand, subjective account by the captain of the CSS Sumpter and the Alabama, interestingly written.”

Item number: #19018

Price: $499

SEMMES, Raphael

Service afloat: or, the remarkable career of the Confederate cruisers Sumter and Alabama, during the war between the states

Baltimore: Kelly, Piet & Co., 1887.

Details:

• Collation: complete with all pages
  • [2], xvi, 17-833, [1]
  • 11 plates
• References: Howes S 286; Nevins I, 233; Sabin 79081
• Provenance: Handwritten – L. Brown, 1893
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
  • Decorative cloth
• Size: ~9.75in X 6.75in (24.5cm x 17cm)

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