CONFEDERATE ADMIRAL RAPHAEL SEMMES DUKE ALBUM CARD 1887

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THIS AUCTION CONTAINS A DUKE TOBACCO ALBUM CARD OF CONFEDERATE ADMIRAL RAPHAEL SEMMES . THE ENTIRE ALBUM BY DUKE TOBACCO WAS PUBLISHED IN 1886-7. THE ALBUM CONTAINED 50 HERO'S OF THE CIVIL, 25 UNION AND 25 CONFEDERATE. THIS AUCTION CONTAINS ONE OF THOSE LITHOGRAPH CARDS, WHICH IS 6 X 4 15/16" IN SIZE, WITH THE BIOGAPHICAL HISTORY IN THE FRONT AND BACK. IT IS IN "VERY FINE" CONDITION-SOME LIGHT WATER STAINLING ON THE RIGHT SIDE IN THE MARGIN ONLY AND ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE AND VERY SMALL SCUFF MAKE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT MARGIN NEAR THE CORNER. Raphael Semmes *From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Raphael Semmes September 27 , 1809 (1809-09-27 ) - August 30 , 1877 (aged 67) Place of birth Charles County, Maryland Place of death Mobile, Alabama Allegiance United States of America Confederate States Years of service USN 1826-1860CSN 1860-1865 Rank Rear Admiral (briefly Brigadier General) Commands USS Somers (Mexican War), CSS Sumter , CSS Alabama , James River Squadron (ACW) Battles/wars Mexican-American War American Civil War Raphael Semmes ( September 27 , 1809 - August 30 , 1877 ) was an officer in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1860 and the Confederate States Navy from 1860 to 1865 . During the American Civil War he was captain of the famous commerce raider CSS Alabama , taking a record sixty-nine prizes . Late in the war he was promoted to admiral and also served briefly as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army . Semmes was born in Charles County, Maryland , the cousin of future Confederate general Paul Jones Semmes . He entered the Navy as a midshipman in 1826 . After serving in the navy , he studied law and was admitted to the bar . After the war, Semmes went on extended leave at Mobile, Alabama , w he practiced law. During the Mexican-American War , he commanded the brig USS Somers in the Gulf of Mexico . The ship was lost in a storm off of Veracruz, Mexico , in December 1846 . Semmes was commended for his actions during the loss of the Somers . An extremely popular local figure, the township of Semmes, Alabama was named after him. He was promoted to the rank of commander in 1855 and was assigned to lighthouse duties until 1860 . When Alabama seceded from the Union , Semmes resigned from the United States Navy and sought an appointment from the Confederate States Navy . Confederate States service Semmes statue in Mobile, Alabama In April 1861 , Semmes was accepted into the Confederate navy as a commander and was sent to New Orleans, Louisiana , ordered to convert a steamer into the cruiser /commerce raider CSS Sumter . In June 1861, Semmes ran the Federal blockade in the Sumter and commenced a career as one of the greatest commerce raiders in naval history. Semmes's time in command of CSS Sumter would last six months. He raided U.S. commercial shipping in the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean , accounting for 18 merchant vessels while eluding pursuing Union warships. In January 1862, the state of the Sumter was such that she required a major overhaul. Semmes attempted to have her repaired at Gibraltar , but the arrival of U.S. warships ended her career. Semmes and his crew escaped to England , w he was promoted to captain . He then went to the Portuguese island of Madeira in the Atlantic and converted a commercial vessel into a warship that became world-famous as CSS Alabama . Semmes sailed on the Alabama from August 1862 to June 1864. His operations carried him from the Atlantic, to the Gulf of Mexico , around the Cape of Good Hope , and into the East Indies . During this cruise, the Alabama captured some 69 U.S. merchantmen and destroyed one U.S. warship, the USS Hatteras . The Alabama returned to the Atlantic and made port in Cherbourg, France , w she was blockaded by the USS Kearsarge . Captain Semmes took Alabama out on June 19 , 1864 and met the Kearsarge in one of the most famous naval engagements of the war. The commander of the Kearsarge cleverly t... read more

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