The Memoirs of the Civil War Commanders

Raphael Semmes (1809–1877) was a noted officer in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. He gained fame as the captain of the CSS Alabama, a commerce raider that preyed on Union shipping, capturing and burning numerous vessels before being sunk herself. After the war, Semmes penned 'Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States' (1869), providing a detailed account of hi...