CSS Alabama claim document, 1865 October 6.

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CSS Alabama claim document, 1865 October 6.

This one-page notarized document by Atkins describes the events that occurred on 8 November 1863 to support a claim for loss incurred by the burning of the T.B. Wales.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7285716

The Mariners' Museum Library

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T.B. Wales (Ship)

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Atkins, Joshua P.

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Joshua P. Atkins departed from the port of New York in the ship T.B. Wales of Boston under the command of Captain Edgar Lincoln. The CSS Alabama, commanded by Captain Raphael Semmes, took over the T.B. Wales off the coast of Boston and "burnt and destroyed" it. All valuables were lost. From the description of CSS Alabama claim document, 1865 October 6. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 30352352 ...

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 ...

Semmes, Raphael, 1809-1877

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Officer in the U.S. Navy and in the Confederate Navy, from Mobile, Ala. From the description of Papers, 1861-1872. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20313995 ...