. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . OFFICERS OF THE ALABAMA IN 1862 From left to right: First Lieut. John M. Kell; Surgeon David H. Llewellyn: (apt. Raphael Seninies; ThirdLieut. Joseph D. Wilson; Lieut. P. Schroeder; Master J. P. Bullock; Lieut. Arthur Sinclair; Chief EngineerMiles D. Freeman; Lieut. Richard F. Armstrong; Clerk W. B. Smith; Surgeon Francis L. Gait; William P. Brooke; Midshipman Eugene MafBtt; Midshipman E. M. Anderson; Masters MateGeorge T. FuUman; Lieut, of Marines Becker K. Howell; Carpenter William Robinson; Paymaster Clarenc
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . OFFICERS OF THE ALABAMA IN 1862 From left to right: First Lieut. John M. Kell; Surgeon David H. Llewellyn: (apt. Raphael Seninies; ThirdLieut. Joseph D. Wilson; Lieut. P. Schroeder; Master J. P. Bullock; Lieut. Arthur Sinclair; Chief EngineerMiles D. Freeman; Lieut. Richard F. Armstrong; Clerk W. B. Smith; Surgeon Francis L. Gait; William P. Brooke; Midshipman Eugene MafBtt; Midshipman E. M. Anderson; Masters MateGeorge T. FuUman; Lieut, of Marines Becker K. Howell; Carpenter William Robinson; Paymaster ClarenceR. Yonge; Fifth Lieut. John Lowe; Asst. Engineer S. W. Cummings. The portraits here grouped were takenin London in 1802 before the departure on August 13th in the steamer Bahama to join Ship No. 290,built at the Lairds shipyard, which received her guns and crew on the high seas off tlie ®I|^ Olnmrn^rr^-S^fitrog^rs advantage that was proved completely in the action betweenthe two well-matched vessels when at last they met. June 19, 1864, was the momentous day of the Kearsarge had located the Alabama in the harbor of Cher-bourg, France, and on the 14th of the month had steamed inand passed out again without anchoring. This was both achallenge and a defiance, and Captain Semmes decided thathe could hardly do less than go out and rneet her. So hewiote the Alabamas agent at Cherbourg, expressing the hopethat the Kearsarge would not depart at once, as he intended tofight just as soon as the Alabama could be gotten this channel, Winslo^ was informed of Semmes in-tention by the United States consul. It was a bright Sundaymorning when the Alabama steamed through the opening ofthe harbor, accompanied by the French man-of-war Cou-ronne, and steered straight for her waiting adversary. Let usquote from a Confederate chronicle: The late foul weather had
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