The Alabama and the Kearsarge
Subtitle: The Sailor's Civil War (Civil War America)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: February 26, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780807858158
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil war; History of specific subjects; Naval forces & warfare; c 1800 to c 1900; History; History - Military / War; History: American; USA; Military - Naval; Military - United States; United States - Civil War
First sentence: Semmes, the spare, frail-looking, fifty-one-year-old skipper of the Sumter, wished to familiarize his crew with the ship's five guns before venturing into open water.