The sinking of Confederate States Navy warship, CSS Alabama by United States Navy warship, USS Kearsarge, off the coast of Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864.

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Illustration by William Lionel Wyllie (1851 -1931) for a special edition history of England published in 1903. The sinking of Confederate States Navy warship, CSS Alabama by United States Navy warship, USS Kearsarge, off the coast of Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864. During a two-year career Alabama had served as a successful commerce raider, attacking Union merchant and naval ships.

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