Project Gutenberg 2011-01-02 Public domain in the USA. 85 Semmes, Raphael 1809 1877 03015611 Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States E-text prepared by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States" by Admiral Raphael Semmes is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work chronicles Semmes's experiences and reflections as an officer in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. It provides a vivid depiction of naval engagements and the broader socio-political contexts of the time, reflecting the author's perspectives as a Southern patriot. The opening of the memoir establishes the author’s intent to provide a truthful portrayal of his experiences at sea during the war, emphasizing the need to document the Confederate struggle as a legitimate historical narrative. Semmes begins with a retrospective view on the tensions leading up to the Civil War, recounting the warnings from early American patriots like Patrick Henry regarding the threats to state sovereignty from a centralized federal government. He seeks to contextualize his narrative within the broader historical movements that justify the Confederacy's actions while expressing disdain for those who have not accurately represented these events. The memoir serves not just as a personal account, but as a defense of the Confederate cause, aiming to balance the historical narrative from a Southern perspective. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate Alabama (Screw sloop) Confederate States of America. Navy -- Biography Semmes, Raphael, 1809-1877 Admirals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations, Confederate E456 Text US Civil War Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - Warfare 2047908 2047632 2024-09-14T13:53:40.782546 2023-09-15T08:37:10.061735 text/html text/html 2087797 2011-01-02T15:41:55 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2194078 2011-01-02T15:46:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2420635 2024-09-14T13:54:06.827419 application/epub+zip 2447139 2024-09-14T13:53:46.555512 application/epub+zip 889043 2024-09-14T13:53:43.920482 application/epub+zip 3078305 2024-09-14T13:54:22.203797 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2911929 2024-09-14T13:54:03.323416 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1245217 2022-09-16T05:23:13.921665 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1934949 1934740 2024-09-14T13:53:37.801533 2023-09-15T08:37:07.273725 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1934372 2011-01-02T15:34:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 727189 2011-01-02T15:34:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1934965 2011-01-02T15:34:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 726974 2011-01-02T15:34:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22076 2024-09-14T13:54:22.374785 application/rdf+xml 25538 2024-09-14T13:53:44.362534 image/jpeg 4924 2024-09-14T13:53:44.143484 image/jpeg 2273282 2024-09-14T13:53:41.022492 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia