Title: Fire on the Water
Subtitle: The USS Kearsarge And the CSS Alabama
First published: 2004
Description: "On June 19, 1864, the Alabama and the Kearsarge fought an epic battle off the coast of France. Fire on the Water presents this story of raw adventure and the courage of the participants on both sides." "Under Captain Raphael Semmes, the CSS Alabama had been raiding Union merchant ships for nearly two years. The Alabama accounted for almost one of every four Union merchant ships lost during the entire Civil War, with more than 60 ships destroyed. The USS Kearsarge, captained first by Charles Pickering and later by John Winslow, chased the Alabama around the world. Winslow vowed to end the trail of destruction caused by the Alabama."--Jacket.
Subjects: Alabama (Screw sloop), History, Kearsarge (Sloop), Merchant ships, Naval battles, Naval operations, Registers, Sailors, Ship registers, United States Civil War, 1861-1865
Places: Atlantic Coast, Confederate States of America, France, United States
Time periods: 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865
LC classification: E595.K2 G56 2004