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Semmes, Raphael

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Semmes, Raphael (1809–1877)

American naval officer. At the outbreak of the American Civil War 1861, he joined the Confederate navy and attacked Union shipping in the Atlantic. He was placed in command of the Confederate cruiser Alabama 1862, capturing and destroying 62 US merchant ships before losing the ship in a battle with the USS Kearsarge in the English Channel 1864.

Born in Charles County, Maryland, Semmes studied law and joined the US Navy 1826, rising to the rank of lieutenant 1836. He practised law after seeing action in the Mexican War 1846–48 and becoming a commander 1851. After the end of the Civil War 1865 he returned to practising law.



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