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Photo # NH 57256-KN:  Capt. Raphael Semmes on board CSS Alabama, at Capetown, Aug. 1863

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-- SHIPS of the CONFEDERATE STATES --

CSS Alabama (1862-1864) -- Views On Board the Ship

This page features all the views we have that were taken on board CSS Alabama.

For links to additional views of, or relating to CSS Alabama, see:

  • CSS Alabama (1862-1864) -- Selected Views;


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 57256

    CSS Alabama (1862-1864)


    Captain Raphael Semmes, Alabama's commanding officer, standing by his ship's 110-pounder rifled gun during her visit to Capetown in August 1863. His executive officer, First Lieutenant John M. Kell, is in the background, standing by the ship's wheel.
    The original photograph is lightly color-tinted and mounted on a carte de visite bearing, on its reverse, the mark of E. Burmester, of Cape Town. See photo numbers NH 57256-KN for the colored image and NH 57256-A for a reproduction of the carte de visite's reverse.

    Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen C. Farenholt, USN(MC), 1931.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 127KB; 740 x 520 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 57255

    CSS Alabama (1862-1864)


    Two of the ship's officers on deck, during her visit to Capetown in August 1863.
    They are Lieutenant Arthur Sinclair IV, (left) and Lieutenant Richard F. Armstrong. The gun beside them is a 32-pounder of Lt. Sinclair's Division.
    Halftoned image, copied from Sinclair's book, "Two Years on the Alabama".

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 131KB; 595 x 765 pixels

     

    For links to additional views of, or relating to CSS Alabama, see:

  • CSS Alabama (1862-1864) -- Selected Views;


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 13 July 2000
    Coding updated 5 May 2001