. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. SEMMES. 199 he blew up his ship and organized his officers and men as infantry. At the close of the war he returned to Mobile, opened a law office, and practiced law until his death in 1877. He published four books on his experiences. Semmes was prevailingly not hyperkinetic, but calm, cheerful, and occasion- ally depressed, as, , when in the Indian Ocean. He gave the impression of a grave and reverend professional man rather than of a dashing captain. (Brad- ford, G., 1904, p. 227.) He was stern in discipline and lashed heavily. In his boo
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. SEMMES. 199 he blew up his ship and organized his officers and men as infantry. At the close of the war he returned to Mobile, opened a law office, and practiced law until his death in 1877. He published four books on his experiences. Semmes was prevailingly not hyperkinetic, but calm, cheerful, and occasion- ally depressed, as, , when in the Indian Ocean. He gave the impression of a grave and reverend professional man rather than of a dashing captain. (Brad- ford, G., 1904, p. 227.) He was stern in discipline and lashed heavily. In his books he discourses philosophically upon the feudal system and other social con- ditions in Mexico and argues for the extension of the United States to minimize the influence of single powerful states. He sought to clear up the mystery of the northers, to account for the heavy rainfall of Jalapa and for yellow fever. He argues in his early books for the suppression of privateering and makes use of his legal knowledge and methods in his operations against American commerce, which were strictly in accordance with international law. He was fond of reading liter- ature and was an excellent writer and an entertaining talker. He tended to be somewhat inert in the absence of excitement and, no doubt, like Nelson, found relief in the presence of danger. He had an artist's eye for landscapes and describes them in detail in his writings. His diary reads almost like that of a naturalist, "showing close, intelligent and affectionate observation of ; (Bradford, 1904, p. 236.) He grew more violent in his expression as he grew older; he always showed a streak of "detestable ; Semmes's close relatives were prevailingly lawyers and legislators. On his mother's side he was descended from Arthur Middleton, signer of the Declara- tion of Independence. His son was for a time in command of a Confederate gunboat. FAMILY HISTORY OF RAPHAEL SEMMES. Ancestor: Arthur
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