Friday, October 3, 2014

Semmes Heading Back to the Confederacy

OCTOBER 3RD, 1864:  Captain Rafael Semmes, former commander of the famous raider CSS Alabama, embarked from England in the steamer Tasmanian, bound for Havana, from where he hoped to return to the Confederacy and report to President Davis for further assignment.

The gallant Captain later recalled: "I considered my career upon the high seas closed by the loss of my ship, and had so informed Commodore Barron, who was our Chief of Bureau in Paris."

With his most celebrated deeds behind him, Semmes still played a part in the final naval efforts of the Confederacy.

--Old B-Runner

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