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Photo #: NH 57256 CSS Alabama (1862-1864) Captain Raphael Semmes, Alabama's commanding officer, standing by his ship's 110-pounder rifled gun during her visit to Capetown in August 1863. His executive officer, First Lieutenant John M. Kell, is in the background, standing by the ship's wheel. The original photograph is lightly color-tinted and mounted on a carte de visite bearing, on its reverse, the mark of E. Burmester, of Cape Town. See photo numbers NH 57256-KN for the colored image and NH 57256-A for a reproduction of the carte de visite's reverse. Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen C. Farenholt, USN(MC), 1931. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 127KB; 740 x 520 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 57255 CSS Alabama (1862-1864) Two of the ship's officers on deck, during her visit to Capetown in August 1863. They are Lieutenant Arthur Sinclair IV, (left) and Lieutenant Richard F. Armstrong. The gun beside them is a 32-pounder of Lt. Sinclair's Division. Halftoned image, copied from Sinclair's book, "Two Years on the Alabama". U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 131KB; 595 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 66640 Confederate States Navy Officers, who served with Raphael Semmes Line engraving by H.B. Hall, Jr., New York, featuring portraits of seven officers who served with Semmes in CSS Alabama and were present during her engagement with USS Kearsarge. In center is Lieutenant Richard F. Armstrong. The others are (clockwise from top): Lieutenant Arthur Sinclair, IV (or Jr.); Midshipman Eugene A. Maffitt; Midshipman Edwin M. Anderson; Master's Mate George T. Fulham; First Lieutenant (later Captain) Becket K. Howell, Marine Corps; and Acting Master Irvine S. Bulloch. Howell and Armstrong also served with Semmes in CSS Sumter. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 151KB; 545 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 57264 Confederate States Navy Officers, who served with Raphael Semmes Line engraving by H.B. Hall, Jr., New York, featuring portraits of seven officers who served with Semmes in CSS Sumter. In center is First Lieutenant John McIntosh Kell. The others are (clockwise from top): First Lieutenant Robert T. Chapman; First Assistant Engineer Miles J. Freeman; Paymaster Henry Myers; Lieutenant John M. Stribling; Surgeon Francis L. Galt; and First Lieutenant William E. Evans. Kell, Freeman and Galt also served with Semmes in CSS Alabama and were present during her engagement with USS Kearsarge. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 122KB; 545 x 765 pixels |
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For pictures of individual officers of CSS Alabama,
see:
For links to additional views of, or relating to CSS Alabama,
see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 12 July 2000
Coding updated 5 May 2001