Raphael Semmes - Wikipedia
Raphael Semmes (/ sɪmz / SIMZ; September 27, 1809 – August 30, 1877) was an officer in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. He had served as an officer in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1860.
Captain Raphael Semmes and the C.S.S. Alabama - NHHC
It is probable that no individual naval commander nor any single ship in our long history has recorded a more spectacular success in that field than Captain Raphael Semmes of the Confederate...
Benedict J. Semmes Jr. - Wikipedia
Benedict Joseph Semmes Jr. (8 April 1913 [1] – 4 June 1994 [2]) was a vice admiral of the United States Navy. His career included service in World War II and the Cold War , command of destroyers , a lengthy tour as Chief of Naval Personnel , command of the United States Second Fleet , duty as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations , and a tour as ...
Raphael Semmes | Civil War, Admiral, Commander | Britannica
Raphael Semmes was an American Confederate naval officer whose daring raids in command of the man-of-war “Alabama” interfered with Union merchant shipping during the middle two years of the American Civil War (1861–65). Appointed a midshipman in the U.S. Navy in 1826, Semmes studied law while
ADMIRAL RAPHAEL SEMMES CAMP #11 - scvsemmes.org
Appointed a Commander in the Confederate Navy in April 1861, Raphael Semmes was sent to New Orleans to convert a steamer into the cruiser CSS Sumter. He ran her through the Federal blockade in June 1861 and began a career of commerce raiding …
Semmes, Raphael - NHHC
Appointed a Commander in the Confederate Navy in April 1861, Raphael Semmes was sent to New Orleans to convert a steamer into the cruiser CSS Sumter. He ran her through the Federal blockade in...
Raphael Semmes - American Battlefield Trust
Raphael Semmes began his military career in 1826 when he entered the United States Navy as a midshipman upon graduating from the Charlotte Hall Military Academy. Semmes served during the Mexican-American war as the commander of the USS Somers in the Gulf of Mexico.
Semmes I (Destroyer No. 189) - NHHC
2016年2月29日 · With the secession of Alabama, his adopted home state, Semmes resigned his commission in the United States Navy on 15 February 1861. He subsequently served in the Confederate States Navy...
Raphael Semmes in the Civil War - ThoughtCo
2019年7月3日 · Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes was a Confederate naval commander during the American Civil War who earned international fame as captain of CSS Alabama.
Admiral Raphael Semmes
Returning to Montgomery, Ala. - the provisional Capital of the Confederacy - Semmes, now a commander in the Confederate States Navy, was placed at the head of the Lighthouse Bureau, and longing for the smell of "salt-water" and the old "sea-life," where he might be able to strike some effective blows for the new-born government to which he ...