{"id":1416,"date":"2014-06-18T08:06:42","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T13:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/?p=1416"},"modified":"2016-01-28T16:10:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T22:10:27","slug":"css-alabama-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2014\/06\/18\/css-alabama-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"CSS Alabama, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Kevin Ray, Archival Technician<\/p>\n

This post is the second\u00a0of three posts in a week-long series describing the history of the CSS Alabama and the resources available in the Division of Special Collections on both this ship and the naval history of the Confederacy. June 19, 2014 is the 150th anniversary of the battle between the CSS\u00a0Alabama<\/em>\u00a0and the USS\u00a0Kearsarge<\/em>, which resulted in the sinking of the\u00a0Alabama<\/em>. Read the first post<\/a> in the series.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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CSS Alabama<\/em>, photograph from the Edward Maffitt Anderson photograph album<\/p><\/div>\n

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Alabama <\/em>left Cape Town and sailed on to Cherbourg, France, where she docked on June 11, 1864.\u00a0 The ship was in serious need of repairs and supplies and the men were in need of rest.\u00a0 Time, however, was running short for Alabama<\/em> and her crew.\u00a0 On June 14, USS Kearsarge, <\/em>commanded by Captain John Winslow, arrived off Cherbourg.\u00a0 Semmes weighed his options and decided to take his chances in battle.<\/p>\n

Alabama <\/em>and Kearsarge<\/em> met in battle on Sunday, June 19, 1864.\u00a0 They fired at one another several miles off Cherbourg, while a crowd of witnesses watched the battle unfold from any vantage point available.\u00a0 Englishman John Lancaster and his family watched the battle aboard their yacht, Deerhound<\/em>.\u00a0 This private vessel would play a key role in the battle.\u00a0 Alabama<\/em> fired first, apparently missing.\u00a0 Over the course of the battle Alabama<\/em> fired more rounds, but either missed, or hit to little or no effect. \u00a0\u00a0Alabama\u2019s<\/em> ammunition was old and faulty and the crew had taken little gunnery practice while at sea in an effort to conserve the ammunition that they had.\u00a0 The crew of Kearsarge<\/em> fired more slowly, more carefully, and more accurately.\u00a0 The damage to Alabama<\/em> mounted.\u00a0 Realizing his ship was sinking, Captain Semmes sent up a white flag of surrender and gave orders to abandon ship.\u00a0 Survivors plunged into the English Channel.\u00a0 Some were picked up by French boats, others by Kearsarge<\/em>.\u00a0 However, about 40 officers and crew were rescued by the yacht Deerhound<\/em> and taken to Southampton, England, thereby avoiding capture by Captain Winslow.\u00a0 Among those saved by Deerhound<\/em> were Captain Semmes and his first officer, Lieutenant John McIntosh Kell.\u00a0 In all, some 40 crewmen aboard Alabama<\/em> perished in the battle, while only 1 crewman was killed aboard Kearsarge.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Captain Semmes, taken from the photograph album of Edward Maffitt Anderson<\/p><\/div>\n

As the battle ended, CSS Alabama<\/em> sank to a depth of nearly 32 fathoms.\u00a0 Within a year, the Civil War itself ended.\u00a0 Then a new battle ensued. This battle was waged not on the high seas, but in courts of law.\u00a0 The United States government brought claims against Great Britain for losses caused by CSS Alabama<\/em> and other Confederate commerce raiders which had been built in England.\u00a0 The United States claimed that ships had been built in violation of Britain’s official policy of neutrality, and that the British were responsible for damages caused by the vessels.\u00a0 The claims were settled by an early means of international arbitration.\u00a0 Britain agreed to pay a settlement of over $15 million.\u00a0 Afterwards, the United States and Great Britain became steadfast allies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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