. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . mong the Federal war vessels that were searching forthis much-advertised craft was the U. S. S. Kearsarge, whosesister ship, the Tiiscarora, was also in foreign waters benton the same mission. The Kearsarge was built in 1861, wasof fourteen hundred and sixty-one tons displacement, and inall respects varied but a few feet in her dimensions from hermuch-looked-for adversary. The Kearsarge carried two 11-inch smooth-bore guns, one 30-pounder rifle, and four 32-jjounders, as compared with six 32-pounders, one rifled 100-pounder, and on
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . mong the Federal war vessels that were searching forthis much-advertised craft was the U. S. S. Kearsarge, whosesister ship, the Tiiscarora, was also in foreign waters benton the same mission. The Kearsarge was built in 1861, wasof fourteen hundred and sixty-one tons displacement, and inall respects varied but a few feet in her dimensions from hermuch-looked-for adversary. The Kearsarge carried two 11-inch smooth-bore guns, one 30-pounder rifle, and four 32-jjounders, as compared with six 32-pounders, one rifled 100-pounder, and one 8-inch shell gun on the Alabama. Thepersonnel of the Confederate vessel numbered one hundredand forty-nine of various nationalities, while the ships com-pany of the Kearsarge, one hundred and sixty-three all told,with the exception of eleven ordinary seamen and firemen, allwere native-born citizens of the United States. Captain Wins-lows ship and his crew were trained to the hour, and herengines and engine-room force were in excellent condition, an [ 300 ]. 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 Azores.
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