Papers, 1818-1908.

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Papers, 1818-1908.

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This collection contains materials, 1818-1908, relating to the Confederate naval service in England of Raphael Semmes (1809-1877). The correspondence, 1861-1873, of Frank W. Tremlett, chaplain aboard Semmes' vessel, the C.S.S. Alabama, and his daughter, Louisa Tremlett, concerns military news and the general course of the Civil War. Papers, 1862-1875, of Raphael Semmes while serving as captain of the Alabama consist of letters to Frank Tremlett regarding naval operations, various Union commanders, and visits to English arsenals. Other items in the collection include records concerning the raising of funds for a sword for Semmes, and newspaper clippings about the Alabama, Semmes, the Confederacy in general, and English Southern Sympathizers. Correspondents in the paper include P.G.T. Beauregard (1818-1893), James M. Buchanan (1803-1876), and Robert Baker Pegram (1811-1894).

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Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893

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P.G.T. Beauregard was a Confederate States Army general from New Orleans, Louisiana. The Aztec Club was organized in 1847 as a fraternal society for officers serving under General Winfield Scott's command in Mexico City. Several officers later became major Civil War leaders. From the description of Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard letter, 1892 Dec. 29. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 70294149 Former Confederate general and resident of New Orleans. At the t...

Alabama (Ship : 1846-1860)

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Tremlett, Louisa.

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Pegram, Robert Baker, 1811-1894

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Pegram, of Dinwiddie County, Va., spent his career in the military first in the U.S. Navy, then the Confederate Navy where he helped organize the Virginia Volunteer Navy and commanded the Nashville (cruiser) and the Richmond (ironclad). In 1853, Pegram took part in the U.S. Surveying Expedition in the North Pacific to open up trade that resulted in a treaty between the United States and Japan the following year. From the description of Papers : of Robert Baker Pegram, 1830-1864. (The...

Confederate States of America. Navy

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Built in Philadelphia as the Habana, the CSS Sumter was originally used as a blockade runner in New Orleans. In 1861, she was purchased for use by the Confederate Government. Under the command of Raphael Semmes, she captured a number of Union flag merchant ships off the coasts of Cuba and South America, as well as other locations in the western hemisphere. When her boilers became unfit for use and repairs and supplies could not be obtained, she was sold at public auction at Gibraltar on December...

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 ...

Buchanan, James Madison, 1803-1876

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Lawyer, jurist, and diplomat. From the description of Papers of James Madison Buchanan, 1829-1873. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452166 ...

Tremlett, Frank W.

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