CSS Alabama Searches for California Gold, December 1862

In late November 1862, Raphael Semmes ordered CSS Alabama  to steam southwest toward Cuba.  He was purposely looking to intercept steamships...

Alabama's Gulf Stream Raid, October 3-15, 1862

Alabama burning the ship Brilliante and her $93,000 worth of grain off the coast of Nova Scotia When CSS Alabama and her captain Raphel Se...

CSS Sumter Crosses the Atlantic

Once Raphael Semmes and CSS Sumter escaped from the West Indies, they headed east across the Atlantic. Along the way, he captured a few mor...

CSS Sumter Makes a Break For It

CSS Sumter in New Orleans It was realized early on by Confederate Secretary of the Navy Stephen Mallory that he would have to have actual...