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Two Years on the Alabama: A Firsthand Account of the Daring Exploits of the Infamous Confederate Raider, From the Caribbean to the China Sea, the CSS Alabama inflicted havoc on Union commerce for over two years during the American Civil War, sinking or seizing more than sixty prizes -- yet never making land in North America. Built covertly in England, stealt, Two Years on the Alabama: A Firsthand Account of the Daring Exploits of the Infamous Confederate Raider
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  • Two Years on the Alabama: A Firsthand Account of the Daring Exploits of the Infamous Confederate Raider
  • Written by author Arthur Sinclair
  • Published by Tantallon Press, 2003/11/01
  • From the Caribbean to the China Sea, the CSS Alabama inflicted havoc on Union commerce for over two years during the American Civil War, sinking or seizing more than sixty prizes -- yet never making land in North America. Built covertly in England, stealt
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List of Illustrations ix
Publisher's Preface xi
Publisher's Introduction xiii
The Cruise of the CSS Alabama xxviii
Chapter I1
Introductory
Chapter II10
Escape from the Mersey
Fitting out at the Azores
Chapter III18
Getting acquainted with the new ship
Her good qualities
Personnel of officers and crew
Drilling
Our first prize
The old flag lowered
Chapter IV39
A stern chase
On Newfoundland Banks
The cyclone
Off New York
Southward ho!
A new main yard
Martinique
Escape from the cruiser San Jacinto
The run to Blanquilla
Cruising after the California treasure-steamer
Capture of the Ariel
Chapter V60
Into the Gulf of Mexico
At the Arcas Islands
Off Galveston
The Hatteras fight
Chapter VI70
The Hatteras prisoners on board
At Kingston, Jamaica
Trouble with Jack
Adieu to Fort Royal
Foraging for provisions
Baffling winds
A cargo of wines and liquors
Enemies' ships getting scarce
Disposing of prisoners at sea
In the Brazilian high road
Washing days for Jack
Chapter VII97
At Fernando de Naronha
A coal ship
Bahia
In the trade winds
Sowing the sea with pianos
Capture of the Conrad
Commissioning of the Tuscaloosa
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope
Chapter VIII135
Saldanha Bay
Repairing ship
Death of Cummings
Capture of the Sea Bride
Reception at Cape Town
The cruiser Vanderbilt
Nasty weather
Chapter IX155
We make a deal
A chance for handling prize-money
Adventurous customers
Sale of the Sea Bride
Fishing
The Vanderbilt again
Second visit to Cape Town
Chapter X163
From Cape Town to the East Indies
Ocean roads and currents
Dividing poor Jack's effects
Island of St. Paul
Drilling
More prizes
Pulo Condore
Enjoying life
Singapore
Chapter XI197
English hospitality
Idle American shipping in port
A fight with Yankee skippers
A cab race
A generous offer
U.S. gunboat Wyoming
A suspicious case
Semmes as boarding-officer
Christmas in the Malacca Straits
A boat fleet
Chapter XII211
Westward ho!
Summing up results
Sunny seas
Routine work
Pictures of ship life
A barmecide feast
Bay of Bengal
Ceylon
Malabar coast
A sea of fire
Electric squalls
Chapter XIII237
Cape Town again
Old friends
The newspaper man
Bad news
Reentering the Atlantic
The Rockingham
The Tycoon
Our last bonfire
We arrive at Cherbourg
Chapter XIV245
In the harbor of Cherbourg
French hospitality
Arrival of the Kearsarge
The challenge
Scrupulous neutrality
Preparations for the fight
Mr. Lancaster's yacht
Commander Semmes's prevision
Chapter XV254
The engagement
Appendix 266
Epilogue 287
Biographical Notes 295
Scene Off Brazil Coast 337
A Souvenir of the Alabama 339
List of Officers 345
A General Muster Roll 346
Prizes Seized or Destroyed by the Alabama in the North Atlantic 356


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