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Raphael Semmes (/ s ɪ m z / SIMZ; September 27, 1809 – August 30, 1877) was an officer in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. He was previously a serving officer in the US Navy from 1826 to 1860.
Raphael Semmes (* 27. September 1809 in Charles County, Maryland; † 30. August 1877 in Mobile, Alabama) war ein Seemann, Jurist, Kapitän, Admiral und General.
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.
14. Juli 2023 · Raphael Semmes Confederate rear admiral and brigadier general Raphael Semmes (1809-1877) left an enduring legacy as captain of the CSS Alabama, the most famous of the Confederate commerce raiders.
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.
The naval career of the only officer to command this famous raider began just about 36 years earlier. Raphael Semmes was born in Maryland in 1809, brought up in Georgetown, and appointed a...
13. Jan. 2010 · On August 30, 1877, Admiral Raphael H. Semmes, one of the best known and most beloved Southern heroes, and surely among the greatest naval commanders of his age, departed this world on his final voyage.
