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- The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 08, No. 01, Spring Issue 1946.
- Spring 1946
- Pages 5-147.
- Alabama Historical Quarterly
- The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 01, No. 04, Winter Issue 1930.
- 1930
- Pages 337-533. Includes Index, Vol. 1, No.1 and Index, Vol. 1, Nos. 2, 3, and 4.
- Alabama Historical Quarterly
- The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 02, No. 04, Winter Issue 1940.
- 1940
- Pages 405-536.
- Alabama Historical Quarterly
- Copy of a letter from James Hughes, counsel for Raphael Semmes, to President Andrew Johnson.
- 1866 January 6
- In the letter Hughes describes the recent arrest of Semmes, which he considers to be a violation of the parole that was granted him on April 26,1865. According to the parole, Semmes was "permitted to return to his home, not to be disturbed by the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Copy of a letter from "the members of the Bar of the City of Mobile," to President Andrew Johnson.
- 1866 May 23
- In the letter the men discuss the recent election of Raphael Semmes to the position of county probate judge. The U.S. authorities have prevented him from taking office, and the bar association now asks the president to allow Semmes to assume his...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Charge from Gideon Welles, secretary of the United States Navy, against Raphael Semmes, former commander of the C.S.S. Alabama.
- 1865 November 25
- The charge gives the details of the conflict between the C.S.S. Alabama and the U.S.S. Kearsarge, which took place around June 19, 1864. According to Welles, Semmes raised a white surrender flag, but escaped before he could be arrested, "for the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 04, Winter Issue 1958.
- Winter 1958
- Pages 583 - 683.
- Alabama Historical Quarterly
- Letter from S. R. Mallory, secretary of the Confederate Navy in Richmond, Virginia, to Vice Admiral Raphael Semmes on the James River in Virginia.
- 1865 April 2
- In the letter Mallory informs Semmes that General Lee has advised the Confederate government to evacuate Richmond: "I presume that Genl. Lee has advised you of this, and of his movements, and made suggestions as to the disposition to be made of...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Assistant Adjutant General A. Ramsey Nininger in Mobile, Alabama, to Raphael Semmes.
- 1866 May 17
- In the letter Nininger explains that president has ordered that Semmes not be allowed "to hold or exercise the functions of Probate Judge of Mobile County, or any other civil or political office of trust while you remain unpardoned by him." Semmes...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from William Knox in Montgomery, Alabama, to Raphael Semmes.
- 1866 May 18
- In the letter Knox discusses the difficulty in granting Semmes his commission as probate judge of Mobile County: "While the Governor does not refuse to issue the commission, he advises that you will not insist upon its issuance just now. Last...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letters between Raphael Semmes in Mobile, Alabama, and Major General Wager Swayne in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1866 August
- In the first letter, written August 26, Semmes complains that he has not been allowed to take his position as probate judge of Mobile County: "Do I read the President's proclamation of the 20th. inst., declaring that peace prevails throughout the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Alabama State Council on the Arts Periodical: Alabama Arts, Art Trails in Alabama: Public Art, 2005 (48 pages)
- 2005
- Alabama State Publications Collection
- Admiral Raphael Semmes, C.S. Navy.
- Semmes commanded the C.S.S. Alabama. This images appeared in MEMOIRS OF SERVICE AFLOAT, DURING THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES by Raphael Semmes, published in 1869.
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 14, Nos. 01 & 02, 1952.
- 1952
- Pages 3-156.
- Alabama Historical Quarterly
- Letter from Samuel Middleton Semmes to his brother, Raphael, in Mobile, Alabama.
- 1865 August 29
- In the letter Samuel expresses relief that his brother is safe and healthy after his service in the Confederate Navy. He then discusses his own changing views of "our civil war": "My own course has been a neutral one. I was opposed to the secession...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Copy of a letter from Raphael Semmes, "en route from Mobile to New Orleans," to General Ulysses S. Grant.
- 1865 December 17
- In the letter to Semmes protests his arrest on December 15 and asks Grant to present the matter before the president. He claims the arrest is a violation of the parole he was granted after his surrender ("solemn military capitulation") at the end...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Raphael Semmes Monument, Mobile, Ala."
- "Raphael Semmes Monument was erected at the head of Duncan Place, on Government Street, in 1900, in memory of Admiral Raphael Semmes, the naval hero of the Civil War."
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- Statue of Admiral Raphael Semmes in Mobile, Alabama.
- 1930s - 1941 circa
- "Pictured here is a statue of Admiral Raphael Semmes, here of the Confederate Navy. The statue is at Royal and Government Streets, Mobile, Ala. Semmes commanded the 'Alabama,' which caused so much damage to Federal commerce during the war [Civil...
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "Raphael Semmes Monument, Mobile, Ala."
- 1930s - 1941 circa
- "Raphael Semmes Monument was erected at the head of Duncan Place, on Government Street, in 1900, in memory of Admiral Raphael Semmes, the naval hero of the Civil War."
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- Raphael Semmes.
- (Photographed in civilian clothes.) Appointed as midshipman in 1826; spent most of his adult life at sea and various naval commands ashore. Resigned his U.S. Navy commission in February 1861 and was appointed as a commander in the Confederate...
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection