Engraving of CSS Sumter, converted from the 1859-built merchant steamer Habana. the Sumter was the first steam cruiser of the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. She operated as a commerce raider in the Caribbean and in the Atlantic Ocean against Union merchant shipping between July and December 1861, taking eighteen prizes, but was trapped in Gibraltar by Union Navy warships.

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Location: America
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