Civil War CDV Photo Admiral Rafael Semmes E.& H.T. Anthony New York
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Size 2 1/4" x 3 1/4"CDV box clstRaphael Semmes was born on September 27, 1809 in Charles County, Maryland. He was born into a family of servicemen as he was cousins with Confederate general Paul Jones Semmes and Union Navy captain Alexander Alderman Semmes. Raphael Semmes began his military career in 1826 when he entered the United States Navy as a midshipman upon graduating from the Charlotte Hall Military Academy. Semmes served during the Mexican-American war as the commander of the USS Somers in the Gulf of Mexico. Semmes continued to serve in the United States Navy until Alabama seceded in January, 1861 at which time he resigned from the Union Navy and sought a position within the Confederate States Navy.In April, 1861, Raphael Semmes was accepted into the Confederate Navy and was initially assigned to serve as the head of the Lighthouse Board. Semmes was very disappointed with this assignment and was able to convince the Confederate Navy to allow him to convert a merchant vessel into a commerce raider, and was named the commander of the newly converted CSS Sumter. Using his new ship, Semmes successfully breached the blockade of New Orleans and was able to outrun the USS Brooklyn, a Union steam sloop, and head for open waters. After reaching open waters, Semmes began to hunt down Union merchant vessels. The CSS Sumter, under
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