Thomas Dudley letter 1862 July 9

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Thomas Dudley letter 1862 July 9

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A letter dated 9 July 1862, to S. Price Edwards, Collector of Customs at Liverpool, regarding a gunboat (C.S.S. Alabama) being built in the yard of Mssrs. Laird. Holograph copy.

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W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama

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Dudley, Thomas

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U.S. Consul at Liverpool. From the guide to the Thomas Dudley letter MSS. 0452., 1862 July 9, (W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama) ...

Alabama (Screw sloop)

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C.S.S. Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built for the Confederate States Navy at Birkenhead, England, in 1862 by John Laird Sons and Company. Alabama served as a successful commerce raider, attacking Union merchant and naval ships over the course of her two-year career, during which she never anchored in a Southern port. She was sunk in battle by the U.S.S. Kearsarge in June 1864 at the Battle of Cherbourg outside the port of Cherbourg, France. From the guide to the C. S. S. Alabama ...